The news

Early today I received the news From a be-spectacled man white coat, black shoes You have been busy Or so it would seem Spreading as wildfire An arsonist's dream I accepted your challenge And fought a good fight But now you have spread The end is in sight. So home i did trudge Heavy of heart Preparing myself This coil to depart.

© Paul O' Neill 2012

Reviews

[lisat]

So sad.

[Cherrie Palmer]

Facts are never understood or felt till they present themselves first hand, and at that moment they become profound. Excellent poem.

[Pól]

Thank you, Cherrie

[cynthiabuhainbaello]

Great rhyme and flow, remarkable theme woven in intricate lines. The theme is a sad and painful circumstance excellently stated in the last lines, that made me ponder and reflect hard on the brevity of life.

[Pól]

go raibh maith agat

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Wow. Black or what. I seem to have so many people around me right now who are teminally diagnosed (not ill yet). Well portrayed the coldness of getting the word from a faceless clinician.