Wary Query

Wary Query

10 October 2016

What events must unfold?

How far does it have to go

Before the plug is pulled

And down the river you go?

How bad does it have to get?

When does diminished capacity

Begin to make death a target

So others act with audacity?

Is it audacity or compassion?

Are we acting with lenience,

Or due diligence and caution

Or hell-bent on convenience?

What factors are taken into account,

What does the infirm want and need?

How much does their opinion count

So we perform as all have agreed?

Questions for end-of-life decisions,

You only get to choose them once

With no second chance for revisions

Do-overs, restarts nor punts.

Tadpole Scoundrel

Tadpole Scoundrel
11 March 2012

Early on at the start
With a twinkle in his eye
He up and stole my heart
And I let that slide by.
Now he's gotten bolder
And takes my cell phone
From its magnetic holder
Carried near my hip bone.
I've learned from past experience
So now my phone isn't trespassed.
It's turned off at my convenience
And any charges are bypassed.