patient patient

Sitting in sleepy patience

Awaiting results of surgeon's knives

Surrounded by tired old veterans

Of wars mostly forgotten

Relived by reading their worn old hats

As memories of body parts in bombed out streets

Return from childhood nightmares

To interfere with how much longer they'll be

Shaving cancer from my temple

The pain will come later

Something else to wait for while

Sitting in sleepy patience

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Ouch - such a cruel tale behind this poem, thoughts and happenings hard to contemplate and understand yet somehow, written superbly, movingly.

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

Wow! Nice write, sobering topic. Very contemplative piece.