Consider This

Brendan W Vittum
This piece is not the most pleasant or cheerful - but then, neither is disability. Consider This is a record of several lives I have watched wasted through the ravages of disease - not desire if the afflicted.

Consider This

Muscles
atrophy,
spasmodic convulsions,
a paralysis - partial or complete.
commonly effects
of disability.

there is worse.

muscles freezing in time,
tongue barely
speaking.
consuming through tubes
wastes removed through similar
measures. breathing
assisted by machine.

a matter of time.

days, weeks.

Published by Brendan W Vittum

Brendan W Vittum is a self-styled Poet, Author, Philosopher, Photographer, Graphic Designer, and Hardware & Software Specialist whose experience spans more than 25 years. His works have been published in a v...   View profile

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