Interrupted by shots of reality
Like fire crackers they rang out
An instant…
Just give me an instant to realize
That another soul may have left its host
A few moments…
Just give me a few moments
To look around at my family
My thoughts scrambled
As I follow my father and brother and others
Racing to the scene
As fast as my legs and heart could take me
My father and my brother reaching there before me
The latter trying to protect my sensibilities
Says to me ‘don’t look, you don’t want to see’
No I did not.
I wished not.
But I just had to see…
Had to see…
Had to see…
What I wished was not there to be seen
As I see him lying there
The blood leaving his body ever so slowly
With no place to go, it settles at his head
I see him lying there
Like a slain animal
But the distinction of his 'human-ness' was in the position in which he lay
Fetal….
Like a baby in a womb
Oh if only he could have returned
Would the choices he made have been different?
Would nature or nurture have had its way?
Which would have had more sway?
But he’s gone…
Gone…
Gone…
No use asking the unanswerable
But what about the hope for his offspring?
How would the events of yesterday count?
Would it be an impetus to get out of the mire?
Or would it give permission to sink further?
Years from today, where would those babies be tomorrow…
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