Tuesday, May 13, 2014

D-Blog Week - Poetry Tuesday




It's the 5th Annual Diabetes Blog Week! Thanks to Karen over at Bitter Sweet Diabetes for the topics and agenda for the week. Head over there and see all the other postings from great diabetes bloggers from all walks of life. Go. Now. I'll wait.

So, I am by no means a poet, but I tried. Here goes, our nights on some nights.

Day #2
Poetry Tuesday

Ballad of the Night

my feet
walk
automatically on their own
out of my bed
three steps
turn right
out the door
right again
into hers
five steps to her bed

pop
insert
click
beep
47 bg
shit
five steps back
quickly
rip
slide
puncture
DRINK
NOW
DRINK IT

sitting
bedside
cgm
south arrows
willing them to
rise
rise
rise
turn east i say
turn east

waiting
and waiting
and waiting

east they say
responding

when i am not here
who will
know
it's five steps
to her bed


6 comments:

Colleen said...

You made me feel like I was there with you.

Mike Hoskins said...

Wow, Penny. I could see you making that walk in the middle of the night, those five steps. What a poem. Thanks for this.

Kim said...

I laughed unexpectedly at "shit" and then teared up at "when i am not here who will know". Well done.

Mike Lawson said...

Beautiful.

Karen said...

This is beautiful and she is lucky to have such a great mom.

Ilana Lucas said...

That last stanza is stunning, and the rhythm you've created is compelling.