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TinaTrivett
Senior Member

since 2006-07-15

Posts 569

0 posted 2008-04-20 10:09 AM

I held your hand and read you Psalms.
The room smelled sterile.
You smelled sterile.
What happened to your smell?
The one I remember from your hug?
The smell of your coat and your hat.

The machine is beeping,
while your hand is growing colder.
My thoughts are deep.
Where were you at that moment?
In the place between awake and asleep?
The place we all wonder about.

I look across the bed at my sisters, your daughters.
Holding your other hand.
Waiting for the machine to stop,
and the screaming to start.
Holding their breath.
Knowing what's coming.

Your own breathing is labored.
You look so old and helpless.
Transparent and fragile like eggshell porcelain.
You drank from the teacup of life.
61 is a terribly young age to leave this world.

The moment crept up on us.
I smoothed your hair while telling them
it was okay.
It's Okay....He's Okay...He's alright now
A cloud surrounded me, enveloped me.
Smoothing your hair, while screaming comes from far away.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

1 posted 2008-04-20 10:35 AM

Hello Tina thank you for sharing such beauty with sadness....No matter the age I always consider the death as unfair...

Hugs

yann

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

2 posted 2008-04-20 04:11 PM

I have been in this place, held the hand, looked death in the face and thought the same thoughts. You express it so well, Tina.
Ida

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2008-04-20 04:30 PM

It's good to be able to hold hands and read psalms, it's good to accompany a dad or a mom in their moment of transition ... with your poignant words you brought back memories that still tug at my heartstrings. I was far away, could not hold hands and have difficulty in accepting this.

Love and peace, dear Tina.
Margherita

Seoulair
Senior Member

since 2008-03-27

Posts 807
Seoul S.Korea

4 posted 2008-04-20 04:39 PM

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

5 posted 2008-04-20 08:33 PM

Such a privelege to be a part of someone's final passing. You told the tale with eloquence. Thank you for the pleasure of it's reading.
sharyn

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

6 posted 2008-04-20 10:19 PM

recently saw my own father pass...seems like you handled it well...while I'm sure this was difficult, it was well written with tons of compassion...thank you for sharing...

Larrysmom
Senior Member

since 2008-04-03

Posts 533
Florida, USA

7 posted 2008-04-20 11:02 PM

So beautifully expressed, your last moments with part of your heart…

Tammy<333

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