My Doctor Told Me
My Doctor Told Me
By Rick Rucker
I thought I was okay with dying,
But, at the news, I found myself crying,
I thought that I had done some wondrous things,
With my tremendous life, my heart sings,
I have met some of the nicest folk,
With them, I was lucky that I spoke,
From my “deadly” motorcycle crash,
Which left me with little more than a road rash,
To the death of my wife,
Which forever changed my life,
Just when I thought that I would quietly pass away,
My Reality totally changed one day,
I did not want to be Alone,
To exist for the time remaining as a Drone,
I went on an online dating service,
Which, alone, was cause to be nervous.
One of the respondents seemed a fun date,
I never dreamed what would be my Fate!
To have found the woman that ignited all my Passion,
To an extent well beyond the fashion,
Now, the Doctor sitting right in front of me,
Would tell me how long, in Love, with Her, I’d be,
My Destiny, in his hands,
The likelihood of our wearing wedding bands,
It seemed forever for him to open my file,
I was dying inside, all the while,
I was thinking, how should I change my Will,
Should I take the Poison Pill?
What would The End be like?
Drooling, unable to ride a bike?
I looked up at the clock on the wall,
The second hand had decided to stall,
Just then, the Doctor began to speak,
To give me the answer that I seek,
He said that I am going to die,
But that he didn’t know when, he wouldn’t lie,
Then, when I thought I heard something good,
I had surely misunderstood,
The result that mattered most was the cancer,
To that, I hadn’t heard the answer,
He said that the tests were devoid of tumor,
My impending Death, just a rumor!
I asked what he meant, that I would die,
He said for such a healthy guy,
Another forty years would not be bad,
If anything like those I’ve already had!
I was crying, and trying to rejoice,
And heard screaming, in my voice!
The Doctor played three parts in one,
All three Ghosts, he had done,
By letting me, my Death, see,
He let me know what I can truly be!
From this day, I will tell my Love,
How I thank The One Above,
For enough time to let her see,
Just how much she means to me!
I now know that I have another chance,
To re-double my efforts at True Romance,
She will never have to wonder,
If her Spell I still am under!
Though this isn’t Christmas time,
I got my present, much more Love sublime!
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