Just 24 Hours More
SultryRose's Signatures
Those last
few hours
dragged on
endlessly
and
seemed like
forever
each time
I checked
the clock
its hands
standing idle
yet,
I didn't want
the time
to pass more
quickly
in fear
that at
any moment
you'd slip
away
and be
gone
you lay there
not moving
not knowing
barely living
yet...
fighting
so hard
with every
ounce of
what little
life was left
in you
eyes closed
breathing tubes
doing the work
that your lungs
could no longer
do for themselves
the machine making
sounds that bounced
off walls
the echo
driving me mad
I talked
in circles
repeating myself
and wondered if
you heard
even one word
spoken from
my grieving
heart
I knew
the time
had come to
let you go
but,
a part of me
wasn't ready
to accept
losing you
just yet
give me one more
day please
before that
final curtain
closes
drawing the
veil of
death o're
your still
closed eyes
stories
of our childhood
flowed from
my quivering lips
do you remember when?
words ran fluid
about the laughter
and tears we shared
through the
years
the years
that now seemed
so very long ago
as your favorite
jokes unfurled
I laughed out
loud hoping
you'd grasp
something
anything
and hang on
just a little
while longer
just one more day
and maybe
things would
turn
for the better
I held your hand
and though it
felt cold
it still had that
warm touch
the one
that could
reach
deep into
my soul
with a
brotherly
embrace
you always
did know how to
make me feel
better
and how I
wished making
you better now
was within
my power
eyes focused
on your wedding band
tears ran freely
down my cheeks
knowing how much
your wife
would feel the
loss
your children
and grandchildren
loved you so
and I couldn't
help but wonder
how they'd handle
not having
you around
anymore
time
was drawing near
I knew it
could see it
and felt it
as an emptiness
filled the room
with feelings
of doom
and cruel reality
blankets that
covered
your frail
and broken
body
raised and lowered
at a much slower
pace now
each breath
became more
shallow...
each with
a long
pause
in between
the family
had a decision
to make
as all hope
was gone
there would be
no tomorrow
in mutual agreement
the machine silenced
as the knob was
turned
to off position
I lost touch of time
then waiting
for that
final curtain
to drop
at once
a peacefulness
washed over you
and for a
fleeting moment
I thought...
we'd have
one more day
your eyes opened
ever so slightly
with a half smile
and faint little
voice
you whispered...
'I love you'
with that...
took a final
breath
and were gone
06/18/08
One More Day Challenge
Hosted By, White_Diamond (Diane)
~Phrase~
'Give Me One More Day Please'
By Rose Marie Streeter
© 2008 Rose Marie Streeter
(All rights reserved)
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