Emergency!
Emergency!
From the stillness, chaos ensued.
Rushing: recklessly into a casualty room.
Raced, by ambulance.
Emblazoning: flashing lights.
Racing through the traffic; that cold winter's
night.
Paramedic pumping: to keep me alive.
Tubes and wires attached, to keep life on my
side.
I can hear my family saying, "Please do not
die".
Hoping internally, that this is a lie.
Emergency, please keep clear.
Hurried into resuscitation.
Hoping this was all but a dream.
As my heart: is fired back to life.
And my lungs, gasp for air.
I am revived and glad to be alive.
Emergency resolved.
So grateful: to those saviours of my soul.
On that perilous cold, winter’s night.
Copyright © 2013 Deborah M. Hodgetts
That sounds like a terrifying experience, and glad you're on the other side of it now (I hope).
ReplyDeleteBut I know there can be more to it than that. My friend "Lil' Jess" collapsed when she was teaching a dance class - it was a terrifying experience for everyone who knew her (including of course Jess). But the way she's lived her life beyond it has been an inspiration.
As I am all too aware myself (I almost died in a dumb walking accident as a 20 year old who thought himself invulnerable) - one of the most powerful gifts any individual can have is simply to be able to sit down, and embrace a moment in time saying "I am alive, and it's a gift, a great gift to be here now".
I sometimes think Ian Flemming got it on the nose when he wrote "you only live twice - once when you are born, and once when you look death in the eye".
All the best,
Mike