Kathy

This is about a patient. I wrote "Helpless" about her too, just updating on what we were told.

Kathy

They told me what happened

To Kathy with the scars on her neck

Her mother did that to her

And I guess she wanted her to

They told us that the mother

Burned herself to death

That’s how she committed suicide

I was standing there while being told

Chills were sent throughout my body

All I saw was Kathy and her sadness

A few days before she gave me a smile

An actual smile that was for me

I was the only one that saw it

It was her first smile to us

I wondered why she would for me

I gave her a smile back

When I’m all alone in bed at night

She randomly comes to my mind

Thinking about what happened to them

I’m so eager to know, it kills me

I want to sit down next to her

And listen to every word, every cry

I bet she’s such a sweet lady

No one deserves to be this sad

I hate thinking about

What’s going to happen when she leaves

Everyone says she’s going to kill herself

But for some reason I have small hope

That she will look at things different

I’m hoping when she gets released

We don’t get word that she’s gone

If we do, I will cry for her

And I will send her a little prayer

Hoping she hears every word

For now, I’ll send her mother one

Asking to keep an eye on her daughter

So she can have a life she never had..

Reviews

[R J Askew]

Poignant indeed. But you put hope in this one. And the smile is a glimmer that just maybe... But that is being very optimistic.

[Poeticpiers]

beyond sadness but you may have made the necessary contact which will enable her to review her life. You can never know the impasct you make on anyone let alone patients