A timeless gift life

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    A timeless gift life

     You nearly embraced me death
    But i wasn't ready yet
    Although it was out of my hands
    I still fought for one last chance

    My life at this point
    Could best be compared
    To the sands of the hourglass
    Nearing the end

    Nine months of continuous hell
    Without any hope
    Till my mother took me in
    To Beth Israel Hospital

    The moment of truth
    Had finally arrived
    Was I on my way in
    Or on my way out

    There he sat on a stool
    In an examining room
    Dr Silen we asked
    Come in i've been waiting for you

    Without further delay
    He asked me my name
    He asked me my story
    They are all quite the same

    He opened his ears
    Opened his eyes
    This man seem to know
    What i was talking about

    He heard my dilemma
    And said let me tell ya
    The problem with doctors
    Is they don't listen to ya

    I didn't want my daughter
    being a motherless child
    At only twenty I was not ready to die

    A problem we have
    Then he nodded his head
    I'll find the solution
    On this you can bet

    Deep in his heart without any doubt
    He knew I wasn't lying
    This wasn't anorexia

    With an illness so rare
    and no time to spare
    Into surgery I went
    On a hope and a prayer

    When the going gets tough
    He doesn't back out
    He is more than a man
    An angel in disguise

    For you my family
    Who never gave up
    If it were not for your love
    I'd be a memory by now

    For Silen i say
    Hip hip hurray
    Forever in my heart
    Your name stays engraved










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    StandingBear commented on A timeless gift life

    10-09-2009

    Jewl, this is such a great write you've composed relating the wonderful gift of life. You're a gifted one to have family and Dr. Silen that listens and cares for you. My sister had a similar health problem in her early 20's and her Dr. listened and saved her. I'm glad you're both still here and very much alive. Great write.
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    Jewl

    10/09/2009

    Thank you so much!

    cmlestrade commented on A timeless gift life

    09-15-2009

    great poem! I say hurray for your Dr. as well. It is so important to have a Dr that listens. I just talked my daughter into changing her physician. Like you he caught something that could have really complicated her young life just in the nick of time, but her new Dr. listened.
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    Jewl

    09/15/2009

    Thank you cmlestrad, our stories are more frequent than not! I appreciate your taking the time to write me. Jewl

    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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