So far and so near after an year
Life and death fought each other
Life remained always darling dear
Haunts of death did often appear.
The Lungs filled with lots of fluids
The Heart gradually got impaired.
Yes, Blood supply to arteries blocked
What an agony befalls, recalls one who faced.
Those horrendous five to six hours
Lungs struggle to get their share
Oxygen level nosedives, such a rare
evil event happened, do not remember.
Nick of time ambulance at door steps
Zipping through the city\'s busy streets
With ceaseless siren, red flashing lights
Stopping the traffic at busy moments.
Straight on to a Surgeons’ desk
A heart so strong, now fragile, torn
In the arteries was there a block
Catheter moved and balloon blown
Plaques and the chunks were torn
Stent made the blood flow to start again
In the hospital’s quiet Intensive Care unit
With tubes, IV connectors, gadgets, monitors
Doctors, Nurses checked the vital parameters.
The battle for life, far from over and done.
When BP was low, Oxygen level was low
Strength was low, survival chances were low
Doctors’ confidence level too was low.
Only the spirit to live was high, wow!
In the midst of this heart-wrenching strife,
The Almighty bestowed new spark of life
Death and demon moved away in despair.
Life zoomed with new zeal and renewed vigor.
……….Narayan Gadagkar