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Gone

Taken by me 1/23
January 9, 2023 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PicturesTags: Black and white, Nursing, Photography 5 Comments

Acrid

Pungent and 
lingering deep 
within the nose... 

Clinging to the room 
and the threads 
of my clothes. 

Seeping from the body, 
hot sweat, and 
stale breath... 

Drifts the sour 
acrid scents 
behind every death. 
January 5, 2023 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Acrid, Death, Nursing, Patients, Poetry, Scents 6 Comments

Relentless

The future always finds us. 

It finds us without hesitation, effort 
or probable cause... 

Tormenting us 
relentlessly 
with small pokes 
and large prods. 

And there's no way 
to outrun it or 
ability to hide... 

Unless time chooses 
to take you... 
Or you decide to die. 

November 13, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Death, Fate, Future, Nursing, Patients, Poetry, suicide 6 Comments

Last Call

They asked me 
whether or not 
she could still hear... 

So I held my phone 
patiently against a 
dying woman's ear... 

Originally posted 12/12/20
October 25, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Death, Dying, Family, Nursing, Poetry 19 Comments

Final Notice

There is no 
final notice or 
friendly reminder 
when people are 
meant to leave us. 

They are taken. 
 
Without apology 
or remorse.
June 23, 2022October 24, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Bedside, Death, Nursing, Patients 11 Comments

Snuffed

How can one 
snuff out 
another's life  
as effortlessly 
as a wick on 
a candle? 

Without remorse, 
regret, or 
thoughts of 
repercussions... 
May 26, 2022November 2, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Death, Nursing, Snuffed, Thoughts 9 Comments

Relentless

The future always finds us. 

It finds us without hesitation, effort 
or probable cause... 

Tormenting us 
relentlessly 
with small pokes 
and large prods. 

And there's no way 
to outrun it or 
ability to hide... 

Unless time chooses 
to take you... 
Or you decide to die. 
April 19, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Death, Fate, Future, Nursing, Patients, Poetry, suicide 9 Comments

3 Minutes

You were three 
minutes too late 
to say your 
last goodbyes...

But I kept him   
comfortable 
through his final 
rasping sighs... 
January 30, 2022November 1, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Bedside, Death, It's been a weekend..., Nursing, Poetry 14 Comments

Stripped

Now you lay here alone. 

Aged by bad habits 
fueled by your lack 
of self worth... 

Stripped of your youth
with those gaunt cheeks 
and sunken eyes... 
 
Stunningly jaundice  
and contently reeking 
of your own filth. 

Yet you regret nothing...  

And still disapprove 
of everyone 
and everything 
life ever offers you. 
January 6, 2022November 1, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Alcohol, Detox, Mental illness, Nursing, Patients, Poetry, Wasting away, You 9 Comments

Unexpected

I swear you were just here... 

Warm and alive. 

Preparing for tomorrow...

Not expecting to die.
But now the bed is cold and the curtains have shut... Hiding the white linen sheets left stained in disgust.
December 6, 2021November 1, 2022 by Anonymously Hal Categories: My PoetryTags: Death, life, Me, Nursing, Poetry, Unexpected 6 Comments

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