(An old soul sings.
Surrounded by Lillie's in a now empty hospice, which was full three days ago.
As the lovely nurse goes to do the paperwork, to increase his morphine.)
Is quintessentially
To live
To essentially
One day accept
Defeat
That when your life's about to be obsolete
You better pray like a God faring priest
Associated with your beliefs
That you don't
Wake up somewhere
New
Like in Dante's
9 Levels of Hell
Walking it's mean streets
From Limbo to Treachery
Lost forever
Under crimson clouds of molton lava
As hidden drums
Beat
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
Canto used in this context.
Canto is an Italian word coming from Latin which means song or singing.
Source: Google.
Foundation of the piece.
My late father went through the Liverpool Care Pathway.
No food or water. Only increasing doses of morphine via a syringe driver, and sedation.
Can you imagine what they must think as they are rushed to life's greatest climax?
Salute.
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