Thursday, September 19, 2019

Dying Sucks, Fairy Tales, Hope By Bruce H. Markuson



I am very happy to present to you a writer with something meaningful to say in poetic form. 

Dying Sucks

 By Bruce H. Markuson

That day I dread, when the doctor said, “There are tumors within”
What can I say, there's no other way, how shall we begin

Slit my throat, peel back my face, and rip out what you can
When you’re done, stitch ‘n’ lace and staple me up again

Change the pace, melt plastic on my face, radiate me on the table
Thirty-three days and sixty-six Grays (Gy's) I’ll survive if I'm able

I’ll be in a haze, when I haven’t eaten in days, so I’ll starve a little while
But now and then, I’ll wake again, and cough up something vile

Yet still It’s there, to my surprise, I cannot pass the bucks
It was then, I realize, that all of this dying sucks





Fairy Tales

 By Bruce H. Markuson

They say that Hell is the lack of all reason.
Logic demands all things have their season
We struggle for life, but often we fail
It’s not always the ending to some fairy tales
Why tell these stories that bluster and brag on.
Sometimes the princess is ate by the dragon
When our battles are lost, we fall to the ground
And that’s when the cancer wins the last round


Hope


 By Bruce H. Markuson

Hope’s a word that’s defined
A feeling of expectation and desire.
Hope is cherished by those of us
Who’s faith will never tire.
But in all things, they have their end,
That’s something that I know
Though through the years, I grew, I learned,
There are times I must let go
Hope, I will not waste on me.
Soon I’ll be departed
Hope, I’ll save for my young,
Whose lives have only started



Bio:

Bruce Markuson lives with his wife and two children in Milwaukee WI. He has a novel and over a hundred short stories published. Bruce is also working on a number of series. He enjoys writing and often finds himself with writer’s obsession. He says the best way to write is to have an ending then write to that ending.

Check out his blog at brucemarkuson.blogspot.com





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