Serene SedationA Poem by Cassidy MaskHow serene you appear Laying there Your eyes closed Yet how artificial With tubes in Every orifice Everything given to you Artificially Food, liquid, life You lay there Peacefully As your organs fail you And their praying Voices Fill the air With soft buzzing Like that emitted By the humming Machines How calm you appear As around you Your world collapses Your family watching With helpless exhaustion How serene you appear Under the influence Of such strong sedatives © 2010 Cassidy Mask |
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1 Review Added on May 31, 2010 Last Updated on May 31, 2010 AuthorCassidy MaskSingaporeAboutI'm at art college in Singapore. "...I never heard them laugh. They had, Instead, this tic of scratching quotes in air - like frightened mimes inside their box of style, that first class carriag.. more.. |

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