The First Step

The first step! She babbled Wild-eyed and confused The first step! What’s next? I don’t know what you mean, I told her Don’t worry. Try to sleep. The first step, she mumbled Did she know she was dying? Was that the step that seemed to alarm her What was she seeing, written in the hospital…

Endless Moments

Sitting in a carpark Noise and cars and people I must shop, but I’m so tired And everything hurts A nearby tree gives shade Its green leaves vibrant under a clear blue sky Waving to the tune of a cool breeze A butterfly flutters past A tiny smudge of orange and black Sometimes it’s the…

Medicine today

Time was You got sick, you went to the doctor You got examined, you got medicine and advice How times have changed Now, you get sick And the doctor won’t let you in You might have the plague, they cry We’ll talk to you over the phone No examination, guesses instead of advice Left high…