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

© M/Gatlianne 2009