Love Poem: Cruel Twist of Fate
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Written by: Edward Ibeh

Cruel Twist of Fate

"Tap! Tap! Tap!" on the wrist 
of a collapsed comatose man.
Then a prolonged pressure;  
feeling for a pulse...
nothing.

The paramedic proceeds CPR...
"one one thousand!
      two one thousand!
           three one thousand!"
Again, he feels nothing,

He listens to the man's chest 
attentively, as close as close 
could possibly be, to feel
his breath in his ear...
Nothing, no heartbeat.

The man is dead. He's frozen 
in shock and disbelief.
He saves lives every day, yet 
couldn't save his own father.
The cruelest of ironies.


Date Written: 06/21/2020