Disturbed?

orchidee

Disturbed?

What do you think?

In this National Organ Donation Awareness Week

 

I started worrying about actually being dead!

I mean physically

I have my Christian faith and hope of new life

Going on after my physical death

 

But I think - a bit ghoulish?

Unless one opts out next Spring

You'll be opted-in for organ donation

 

Conjures up scenes a bit 

Of 'Aha!' (rubs hands in glee)

'Another one popped their clogs -goody!'

 

Yet I shall be dead!

I shan't feel a thing

And it can help others to live

 

Yet - scary?

A bit like being buried in pieces - as well as in peace?

And animal experiments too - 

There must be other ways to research

Woof! yes, agrees Fido.

 

A controversial scheme?

What do you think?!

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 4th, 2019 02:00
  • Comment from author about the poem: A short break from hymn-poems.
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  • Neville

    ready or not, I just put both ya names down as organ doner's... oh' and one of you for experimentation.... someone will be around later to tissue type..... Neville

    • orchidee

      Thanks N - the knacker's yard?!

    • Michael Edwards

      I'm all for it - trouble is I don't have an organ - only a penny whistle.

      • orchidee

        Thanks M. Miss Berles got an organ? I mean,..... no, not that sort of organ. Made my self swoon now!

      • Goldfinch60

        Very good write Orchi,.
        I thought your Faith was strong, mine is, I know my body will die and they can do what they like with it but My Spirit will go on for eternity.

        • orchidee

          Thanks Gold. But- should we have the choice to opt IN, rather - as currently?

        • Laura🌻

          Orchi,

          An interesting read!
          Thank you for sharing!

          I think about organ donation, cremation, being buried in a coffin...

          I’m still undecided!!

          I don’t like the idea of being opted-in unless I opt out!

          ~Laura~

          • orchidee

            Thanks Laura. It will be so in the UK from next Spring. The ethical thing is: 'Are we being selfish if we opt-out'? I don't think we are.

            • Laura🌻

              I do think about your posed question. I’m glad you think we’re not being selfish because I do tend to agree with your statement!

            • Clara

              A very clever way of expressing such a controversial matter!

              For me personally, I am a big believer in putting yourself in another's shoes and so, if my loved one needed an organ and there was none given with consent, implied or otherwise, I would be heart broken. And so, I am already on the list for there is someone out there wishing for life for their loved one. Life that only the dead can provide.

              A really clever poem.

              CLARA X

              • orchidee

                Thanks Clara. I am jokey in places in the poem and my comments. But I say 'well done' to those who have the choice (currently) to opt-in. It will be reversed. We shall need to choose to opt-out if we wish.
                I don't believe in the 'Old Father Time 'figure, carrying a big scythe (you know the one?), but there's the disturbing element of 'You'll be opted in, unless you choose to opt-out'.

              • orchidee

                Now, Fido, is my (non-existent!) 18+ 'watch-dog'. He barks at anyone who does not mark their poems 18+, if they should be so marked! He's a bit of a pest. lol.

              • Suresh

                ...I can picture myself on a busy street, peddling "organ for sale (donate) here, last chance...

                • orchidee

                  Thanks Suresh.



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