JUNE 13-2012

YELLING, CRYING, SHOUTING, BEGGING!

DO I YELL? WILL IT HELP?
DO I CRY? WILL IT HELP?
DO I SHOUT? WILL IT HELP?
DO I BEG? WILL IT HELP?
DO I SIMPLY ACCEPT? WILL IT HELP?

A DEAR LADY, WHOM I KNOW THRU' SIMILAR ILLNESS, IS NOW LYING IN A COMA. I SO MUCH WANTED TO BE THERE FOR HER, TO HELP HER ALONG THIS TORTUOUS PATH.

BUT HER WISH, AS WELL AS MINE, IS AND WAS TO GO SWIFTLY, IF WE MUST, FROM THIS WORLD WITHOUT ENDLESS SUFFERING AND PAIN AND SIMPLY, TORTURE.

AND NOW, AFTER YES SUFFERING, SHE LIES IN A COMA. MY MIND DOES NOT LET ME SLEEP-BUT SHE IS WITHOUT PAIN, I KEEP TELLING MYSELF. SHE CAN REST NOW- BUT IS SHE THERE? IS SHE REALLY ALIVE STILL? FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT, LIFE CHANGES SO DRASTICALLY. HERE YOU ARE, HERE YOU ARE NOT!

I KNOW THAT IT IS WRITTEN: 'LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST'- A LOVELY THOUGHT, BUT CAUGHT UP IN DAILY LIVING, DO I REMEMBER IT CONSTANTLY? NO, BECAUSE, AS A HUMAN BEING, I STRIVE TO CONTINUE LIVING, TO SEE MY LOVED ONES, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS GLORIOUS LIFE, DESPIT IT ALL.

AND SO, I WRITE ABOUT MY FRIEND, KNOWING THAT ALL THE CRYING, SHOUTING, BEGGING,YELLING, MAY RELEASE SOME TENSION FROM MY BEING, BUT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ACCEPTING IS THE ONLY PATH, AND HOW THAT HURTS!

I PRAY FOR MY DEAR NEW FRIEND, OF SUCH A SHORT TIME, TO GO PEACEFULLY, IF SHE MUST, AND TO BE AT REST, REST AND PEACE.