the doctor comes in the room
her face says it’s not too bad
I’m lucky the pain came
and warned me about this mess
we can rebuild you
we have the technology
but nobody is bionic
that’s still science fiction
this body is all we get
and then it’s over

I’m not dead yet
hanging on by a thread
but hanging on nonetheless
I’m not dead yet

she lays in that clean, white bed
my whole world reduced to a fragile body
connected to life by wires
what will I do if she dies?
how to go on as half a person?
all I can do is stand with her
as she fights for her life
and we wait

She’s not dead yet
hanging on by a thread
but hanging on nonetheless
She’s not dead yet

why does one person get cancer young,
doing all the right things?
and another abuses everything
and lives to grow old
whatever happens, you never stop fighting
whatever life brings it’s still life!

I’m not dead yet
hanging on by a thread
but hanging on nonetheless
I’m not dead yet

Posted Monday, June 24th 2024