A chapter of life closes,
the rite of passage
thousands have endured
in frightening sleepless nights
among the houses of Gods.
A bittersweet finale
as my mind and heart
continue to try and comprehend
the last five years of suffering.
Oh' the anxiety of a virginal clinician,
and the struggle of an artist
of the healing arts,
to accept the defeat of death
and the impotence of illness.
