HURRY UP AND WAIT!
Those wheels grind slowly,
Not fast enough for me…
Spent a whole day
In a good way
Waiting a Nurse to see.
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Awaiting an evaluation
Of my conditional situation…
For therapy and healing
Progress revealing,
As needed in my present location.
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One wag said I’m back from the dead.
At least I don’t look it, I said…
The thing that was rotten
Pathology has gotten,
No jar to put by my bed!
–Jonathan Caswell
DIDN’T KNOW SHE EXISTED
(A real-life parable)
A story about a young girl
Who if asked, would not have resisted…
Admired a boy in high school
Who didn’t know she existed.
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Not that he wasn’t willing
But he didn’t know her name…
She from a distance adored him.
This boy with high school fame.
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Graduation comes and goes
And both live somewhere in town…
The poor girl had troubles,
Suffering a nervous breakdown.
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Admitted to a psychiatric hospital
To find proper treatment a while…
Felling sad and lonely,
Having few reasons to smile.
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The Protestant Chaplain’s visit
To see what could be done…
She heard his name of “Caswell”
And asked…did he have a son?
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This younger son came to visit her,
“Jonathan” by name…
He was the boy from long ago:
Older, but the same!
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For his first visit
He brought his Dad along…
He didn’t know what to expect
But her memory was strong.
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They talked about the Prom
And things they never knew…
Expressed regret knowing that,
“I could have taken you.”
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A few more visits over months
She grew up and out…
Don’t know where she is right now,
But healthier–no doubt.
Jonathan Caswell
BIRTHDAY LONGINGS
My birthday’s today and I wish,
Besides ice cream and fish…
To actually heal
Ways I won’t reveal,
To enjoy a special dish! 🙂
–Jonathan Caswell
(Bing image)
(Bing image)
CONTINUING PLEASANTRIES
She thanked him so pleasantly,
For helping her trajectory…
Speeding her healing
By her chair wheeling,
Which she doesn’t need him to be.
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Using one crutch ambulating,
Though slow, it was exhilarating…
To see her move
And find her groove,
With his visual participating.
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It was nice of her to say it was pleasant
Of him to help the young pheasant…
With a sprained wing
Get back into things,
He thoroughly enjoyed the present!
–Jonathan Caswell
(Google Image)
POTENTIAL PUSSY (CAT):
We’re looking for our kitty cat,
Our old one’s dead and gone…
We’ve had three months to grieve and heal
And it’s time for moving on.
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We identified a shelter
That may have whom we need…
A couple of cats sounded interesting,
But nothing’s yet guaranteed.
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We don’t have our house anymore
But live in an apartment complex…
We’re only allowed one kitty cat,
In our home of either sex.
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This cat must be spayed or neutered,
Something we’ve near always done…
Except for our “Jessie”
Who ran off before he became one.
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We’ve agreed on a ginger tabby,
Or a black-and-white, we don’t care…
As long as they accept our loving
The Lord will lead us to who’s there.
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If weather and finances jive
The wife and I…
Will visit the kitty cat shelter ourselves
And pick out our blessing undisguised!
–Jonathan Caswell
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