<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=550567" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Do Not Resuscitate</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Saturated in morphine<br>breathing like a hurt animal<br>maybe somewhere deep down <br>at the bottom of the mineshaft<br>a little light was flickering.<br>We spoke to her, sometimes loudly, <br>We held her hand and felt its warmth<br>We stroked her hair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We expected the end in hours or a day, <br>More morphine and more wild animal rasping <br>on into the morning and the next morning.<br>Work days are missed, meetings postponed, <br>return flights canceled, everyone thinking <br>please hurry up, and feeling guilty for it, <br>asking the doctor how long now, and<br>how could her oxygen level be going back up.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">More morphine and more animal breathing.<br>Just as she lived her life<br>she would die on her own terms, by God, <br>and screw us and our goddam schedules.<br>Sitting at her bedside, I realized <br>that someone who could be so infuriating in life <br>was now infuriating us with her death.<br>My sister looked over and wondered <br>what I was laughing about</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Philips">Michael Philips</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=550567" data-title="Do Not Resuscitate de Michael Philips" data-description="Saturated in morphine breathing like a hurt animal maybe somewhere deep down at the bottom of the mineshaft a little light was flickering. We spoke to her, sometimes loudly, We held her hand and felt its warmth We stroked her hair. We expected ..."></div> </div> </div>

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