HOUR 5<\/p>\n
(this is my own prompt based on my years working in nursing homes and then having<\/p>\n
my surgery and dealing with having to be waited on and all that comes with a slow recovery.\u00a0 My<\/p>\n
family and care giving teams were, and still are, great\u00a0 Just a reflection on things I<\/p>\n
have seen some of which I experienced)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
FROM THE SIDELINES<\/p>\n
Empathy for others came easy for me<\/p>\n
Watching how families cope with their loved ones<\/p>\n
Now forced to reside in places\u00a0 that will never be home.<\/p>\n
Not just the elderly, but those who need special care<\/p>\n
Frustrated to have to ask for help, needing help<\/p>\n
For the simplest of activities of daily living.<\/p>\n
A call light illuminates, the alert sounds.<\/p>\n
I need to get dressed, I need something to eat, I have to pee!<\/p>\n
You forgot to give me my meds, I dropped my remote. Can I get<\/p>\n
Fresh water? I need to pee!<\/p>\n
I miss my family, have they called, I’m bored, I need to get into<\/p>\n
My chair, I need to pee and<\/p>\n
I WANT TO GO HOME!<\/strong><\/p>\n I need to see my doctor, I want to get out of here<\/p>\n Why does it smell in here, damn it I have to pee.<\/p>\n Why did it take you so long to get to me.<\/p>\n I already peed.<\/p>\n I’m sad, my family hasn’t been to see me, where is the doctor<\/p>\n I’m having trouble trying to pee.<\/p>\n I can’t open my milk or hold my fork, can you help me?<\/p>\n Can you help me? Why did this happen to me, why me, why me?<\/p>\n From the sidelines, it seems easy,\u00a0 just do what they tell you.<\/p>\n Everything will be fine.\u00a0 But it’s not that simple, this life on pause.<\/p>\n Waiting for healing, for better days, independence….home!<\/p>\n What is my fate, will I even get better is this my new normal?<\/p>\n Can I please just go home?<\/p>\n I need to pee!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HOUR 5 (this is my own prompt based on my years working in nursing homes and then having my surgery and dealing with having to be waited on and all that comes with a slow recovery.\u00a0 My family and care giving teams were, and still…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1220,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144028,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130661\/revisions\/144028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}