EUTHANASIA

Staring blankly at something that I cannot see

Groping for something just beyond my reach

No sensation at all, just the numbing void of drugs

Please let me go now, I’ve suffered enough

Where I once stood strong, lies a frail frame that’s broken

Where I sang to the world, there’s just an agonized cry

Where I lived, loved and laughed, there is nothing but sorrow

Please let me go now, please let me die

Those voices that spoke with respect and awe

Eyes that always held love and compassion for me

They are all lowered now in helpless frustration

Please let me go now, let me go in peace

My thoughts are punishing, driving me mad

No dignity remaining, wasting away on my bed

Tubes sticking into my body, am covered in sores.

Please let me go now, I’m better off dead

SWATI CHANDRAN

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