Brain Aneurysm

By Richard L. Provencher

Thu, 28 Dec 2017
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Brain Aneurysm

 

It came like a comet

after a background of music

an exhibition of joy

crowds competing for rides

and the sky filled with sound.
I saw the movement

swirl like a cotton-batten

clump that danced

its way to me and paused

above my head.

 

Amazed I was at the

symphony meant for me.  

Then jubilation

turned to pain and the horror

image of my head

exploding in all directions.

I slowly twisted round and around

until I collapsed on the ground

folks running to see.  

 

An ambulance can double as

a coffin or gateway to helping

to save someone like me. And doctors

proclaimed after many tests and I did

hook-up like robo-man. They said

demurely – a leaking aneurysm.

Serious I asked and yes it was so.

Oh Lord I proclaimed I’m too young

to go and unforgiveness is not

restful in my soul. He heard my

plea and in Halifax the neurosurgeon

said don’t know what happened

but it sealed itself – now go home.

And I did.

 

(c) 2017 Richard L. Provencher

 

Certificate PG
Poem
Words that Matter
Autobiography

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

How interesting to be able to record all that. Philippians 1: 21-26 came to mind. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

Hello and thanks, Rhiannonw. So many health issues are never debated publicly and I thought this poem would help the conversation. A confirming MRI test showed a scar on tthe vein where it flapped over meant I could be monitored at home, still doing so with six medications daily, instead of occupying a hospital bed.  

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

Stay well, Richard. Hope you're on the mend. I'm glad it sealed. Who knows what's going on inside?

Parson Thru

Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

Thank you for such kind thoughts, PT. For the past 17 years, I have been carefully monitoried -- monthly, quarterly and annually and I feel really good although still a few glitches like numbness in part of one foot and head ache not so often. One step at a time. I am one of those walking miracles -- my faith is strong and my great wife and doctor are right alongside. I play a lot of online chess to exercise my mind and write a lot. God bless.  

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

Thank goodness for good care and caring people at the heart of it. One step at a time is true enough. Glad you have that faith.

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Submitted by Richard L. Prov... on

Thank you PT. For the first 45 minutes I was totally comatose, yet could hear conversations clear as a bell. Blackness surrounded me as if I had simply closed my eyes  among  a crowd of people, discussing me but I did not know it was me since no one used my name. 

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