Beyond the End Bell

Gary Edward Geraci

Strange that the refrigerator doors would be padlocked.

Mother’s paranoia worsening, dementia’s grabbing grip,

Dad’s palsy clearly confining, curtailing a kind, quality of life.

Tried, married an entire life; this the crush of age and circumstance,

Now resolved to keep them from taking him away.

Determined, downright determined to save him from this, his sentence,

A new two man lift, ordered online, one frail and aged woman to use.

Tired - a barrage of cackling criticizers; problem solvers in their own estimation,

Gruiform sentinels guarding, waiting for a fish, a flash of misstep.

 

You think they’d really fly in and take him away?

Resolved to serve him in her own way - just let her be.

Below this dull reality that no longer tantalizes,

Under this bleary bondage, beauty is buried.

You’d fight the same way for yours; yes, way beyond the end bell too.

 

Gary Edward Geraci

  • Author: Gary Edward Geraci (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 23rd, 2019 12:21
  • Comment from author about the poem: A sonnet poem.
  • Category: Love
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