Collapse and Continuity
We’re all at risk and life is no more conscious
Than when you are aware, aware of what you need
What you need to care for if you wish to live on
Within the body we are given
I collapsed and came to within seconds
Went from standing to quizzical prone
Wonderful EMTs got me to Cornell now Presbyterian
One week to the day I am back home
I see all things as signs, believe there are no negatives
We don’t create
Thus I am as happy as when I went in
I have been cat scanned twice
And given all the tests needed
To conclude that reason does not lie in
Anything but what I’m doing
So I shall make adjustments and live day to day
Just as I did before
If you ask me how I am my answer will be
Fine
I am surrounded by goodness even when I see shortness
And fear I know all souls are precious
Day by day nothing will be the same
And everything will remain as it has always been
This is a message to my family
With love and thanks and understanding