Confined

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 09 Mar 2018
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8 comments
 

Dashing here and dashing there,
never any time to spare;
now she can but lie and stare,
watch while others work and care.

When she has a need, must ask,
wait for help to do the task,
no experience in such waiting,
days now filled with contemplating.

Will frustration make her bitter,
can she show she is no quitter,
willing to become a patient
calm, appreciative patient?

Bit by bit, grace warms her heart,
tentatively makes a start -
some abilities remain,
now endeavours these to train.

Finds some things that she can do,
even helping others too,
life’s not easy – but, who’s is?
now alert to others’ stress.

[IP:Immobile]

 

Certificate U
Poem
Families
Philosophy
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

It's such an awful situation to find yourself in when you're totally reliant on others for everything. I found  it hard even for the short while I was in hospital having had the hip done, when you feel a like your a nuisance but need something desperately.

I think this is a perfect example of the I P Rhiannon.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny. Such times do give us a taste of others' problems, and of having to accept help.

This started out from thoughts of an elderly very busy person needing readjustment when she became dependent, but in the end it owed a lot to the story of Joni Eareckson Tada who became quadriplegic after a diving accident when she was 17 I think, and wrote very honestly of her struggles of anger, religious doubts, frustrations before being able to write about coming through that, learning to draw with a brush held between her teeth, sell artwork, and work in encouraging others with problems of disability, or faith.

Her books are well worth reading. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

A really good response of the IP, as Jenny says

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Insert. I'm glad you felt it so. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

 

Kind of makes me think of the flowers which grow in harsh environments like deserts, being extra colourful and bright

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

What an interesting view!

Visiting someone who has come to terms with such things can certainly be warming and the brightness of their own spiritual encouragement through struggles can encourage and make you glad you came! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Denzella on

Hello Rhiannon,

Your poem is a good lesson to us all because it 's a difficult thing to have to admit one needs help with certain things and I think we all fear that time in our lives when we have to accept help.  A good poem but I would expect nothing less from you.  I liked the tight rhyming scheme of this poem too.

Moya x

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you again, Moya. You wrote eloquently about coming to terms with receiving quite a lot of help.

We none of us know what and when we may have to bear, but we can try, and pray for grace to be, a gracious receiver! and brighten not blight the lives of those around us at such times. Rhiannon