Disconcertion

The last time I was in this hospital ER

Was the night my grandfather died

It is a disconcerting feeling

To have last seen one at the end of life

And now with one full of life

And in some ways at the beginning

Of a new life

Again…a disconcerting feeling

To be so helpless in both situations

To watch with pain while

One takes a final breath

Or to watch with sympathy

While one withers in pain

Trying to take a breath of

New beginnings

Both situations torment

To the heart

As the soul reaches out with love

Reviews

[TrinityHawk]

again I like your writing..and I identify with it. I watched as my mother took her last breath three years ago then held my daughter as she fought for her life from grief of losing her grandmother. I also was there when my daughter was born and felt so helpless. It seems every time I enter a Hospital I end up feeling helpless, perhaps this is why I do not like them? LOL. Great heart felt poem.

[Coyote Poetry]

Hard to watch someone died.
"To watch with pain while
One takes a final breath
Or to watch with sympathy
While one withers in pain"
We feel helpless and want to do something? I like your thoughts in this poem. Thank you for the excellent poetry.
Coyote