Rhyme & Reason - a reason to rhyme

  Still breathing, thus still 'living', Though gone, life's quality, Reality, the 'waiting game' This 'end of life'  story. We know what will be imminent,  It's just the 'when', unknown, We have no say, seem powerless, When loved ones, they are 'goin'  'Tis difficult just watching Still knowing what WILL come, Reflecting past experiences, Achievements, yet, feel numb. Unable, to things, rectify, Powerless to assist, Just 'be there' that's sufficient, Too soon they will be missed. So love them through their struggle As looms, their departure, The outcome, it IS certain, The timing, just, unsure. The person DID pass the next morning

  Working in a nursing home,  For breakfast - hot or cold,  Bowls of cereal, had a choice, I often did as told. There was a client and his wife For both of them, he spoke, 'Twas 'cornflakes' ordered, every day, Sure was a mannered bloke. Whene'er I 'pproached his table, I aye, his request heard, However, with me, being me , Once, took him at his word. Whene'er he said "Two cornflakes please" As he asked, I t'him gave, A bowl with just two flakes of corn, It's FUN, to misbehave. Looking quite bewildered, Responded with "What's that?" I told him "What you asked for," He sure thought 'what a brat'. I then did fill the bowl I'd giv'n With many more such flakes, And when two filled bowls I did serve, He laughed with bellyaches. The NEXT day serving breakfast, He did not, me, dispel, "Two BOWLS of cornflakes" - his request, He'd learned his lesson well.