Paul (Nov 4, 1998).

Paul

rust colored hillsides
gold covered creeksides
enroute to hospital bedsides
  and cold, sterile rooms

autumn rooms of caregivers
caring arms of lifegivers
stacked boxes of giftgivers
  and long, empty visiting hours

hours of lonely driving time
days of tiresome recooperation time
months of restless down time
  and sore, aching pains

luminous mountainside moonlight
lion in fleeting headlight
alone in flickering firelight
  and dreary, isolated thoughts

I regret your injuries
I applaud your courage
I envy your support

you've struggled against death
why do I struggle against myself?

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