CVA or stroke can be so horribly devastating, if emergency care can not intervene in time. Imagine being unable to speak or move.................

Slowly Dying, Living Hell

The shock of instability
On previously solid ground,
The shock of broken silence
By an unexpected sound,
The horror of paralysis
In a body that was well,
Trapped inside forever
Slowly dying, living hell.

The terror of an illness
That strikes without a warning,
It erases all the sunsets
And the sunrise in the morning,
The loved ones at the bedside
Stand forlornly, with their sorrow,
Partaking in the agony
As each day becomes tomorrow.

The victim prays that death will come
To liberate her soul,
The family starts to bargain
If only God, could make her whole,
But this illness shows no mercy
It’s a torturous tale to tell,
A family in captivity
Slowly dying, living hell.

At last, the liberation
The agony does end,
A relief for her survivors
But will they ever mend?

Fibril_late; 8/94