How cruel
What
callous vindictiveness
So
unutterably spiteful
Perpetrated
by the Supreme Being?
Part
of some master plan
Or
predestined by the fates
The
roll of a dice
It’s
unimportant who
Or
why
It’s
just a waste
Such
a waste
Trapping
an incisive mind
So
razor sharp
Of
such brilliance
Trapping
it mercilessly
In
a slowly decaying shell
Irrevocably
diseased
The
body wasting
Unable
to walk
Even
to talk
Unable
to eat unaided
Or
use the toilet
Lost
control
And
lost dignity
All
the time the mind astute
Until
finally only the mind remains
Then
as on an old TV screen
Everything
fades to a white dot
Then
nothing
