Private World
Everything was black.
There was no sight.
There was no crap!
No emotions.
No feeling at all.
No commotions.
He was locked away.
Deep in his mind.
He had nothing to say.
To be left alone
was all he wanted.
He didn’t even moan.
He was drawn and gaunt.
His face was a mask.
No emotions there.
He wouldn’t last.
Death was drawing near.
Then,— she came.
A sweet smell he noticed first.
A gentle touch.
Others just made it worse.
As time passed,
He started to hear her voice.
Finally,— at last.
He had to look and see.
She was beautiful.
She was gentle and kind.
She trimmed his cuticles.
She washed his feet.
As he grew stronger,
She helped him to eat.
She was an angel to him.
She gave him hope.
Her heart he wanted to win.
So, one day, he actually spoke.
He told her he loved her.
He wanted her for his own.
She said what he didn’t want to hear.
“I am only your nurse.”
“I am married to another.”
It—it couldn’t be any worse!!
The black came slamming in.
He slipped back into his shell.
He would let no one in.
He would die first.
He was safe here from all pain.
The Dr. told the nurse:
“I think it’s all in vain”
He is going——-going———-going—————gone!!
—————————————————–R. W. Johnson——(2005)