Need a sign of hope
Rain clouds on the horizon
Need to feel the sun.
Choose to be hopeful
Doctors doing all they can
Picture going home.
cfblack, 5-22-2016
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hope
May 22, 2016Band-aid
May 22, 2016Pain meds do their thing,
putting band-aids on the cause
of all this suffering.
cfblack, 5-21, morning
Relief
May 22, 2016Pain is subsiding,
like ocean waves on the sand,
will it dare return?
cfblack, 5-21-2016, night
Allergic
May 22, 2016The back rash from hell
allergic to his pain meds
what are we to do?
cfblack 5-21-2016, midday
Crisis point
May 22, 2016Crisis point is reached,
moving to the brink of death,
or to recovery.
cfblack, night of 5-20-2016
Pain Meds
May 17, 2016He ran out of pills.
“Wait 4 hours instead of 3.”
They don’t feel his pain.
AL’s haiku
May 17, 2016orange marmalade
on wheat toast with pain killers
sweet 1 AM snack
Al Black 5-17, 4 days post surgery
Surgery Haiku’s
May 16, 2016Baby Steps
One day at a time,
Baby step accomplishments
bring celebrations.
Ocycodone
Take one pill away,
Reduce pain medication,
No dependency.
cfblack 05-16-2016 (Day 3)
Going for a walk
May 16, 2016Going for a walk
I step into the sunshine
leaving you behind.
Haiku’s for surgery
May 16, 2016FIRST NIGHT
Holy Mother of God
Pain throbs continuously
Will it never end?
** Haiku’s for my husband’s ankle surgery experience.
Doctor Grandma 