For today’s prompt, write a machine poem. A machine could be a car or a robot, obviously, but simple machines include levers, pulleys, and screws. There’s also “machine learning” and “deus ex machina.” But there are many other ways to come at this prompt as well.
THE DILEMMA
by John Yeo
I refuse to act quickly
I need time to consider.
Would I be a good Father
By agreeing to kill her?
My baby is on life support
She breathes through a machine.
Food, water and blood
Pumping through her being.
Her welfare is my only concern
I'm sure she will recover.
The Doctors agree she is brain dead,
I know her life is not over.
They would like to switch off
This life-giving machine
Then let Nature take its course
I have to give my permission.
This is a hard, sad situation
A very harsh dilemma
Should I tell them to pull the switch
Or pray for a miracle?
I fear for her future
If the doctors are right.
Her recovery would not be complete
My daughter will never be herself.
I refuse to act quickly
I need time to consider
Should I let them pull the switch
Give my permission and kill her?
Copyright © Written by John Yeo.
All rights reserved.
Written for Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic asides blog on “Writers Digest”
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-april-pad-challenge-day-3
by John Yeo
I refuse to act quickly
I need time to consider.
Would I be a good Father
By agreeing to kill her?
My baby is on life support
She breathes through a machine.
Food, water and blood
Pumping through her being.
Her welfare is my only concern
I'm sure she will recover.
The Doctors agree she is brain dead,
I know her life is not over.
They would like to switch off
This life-giving machine
Then let Nature take its course
I have to give my permission.
This is a hard, sad situation
A very harsh dilemma
Should I tell them to pull the switch
Or pray for a miracle?
I fear for her future
If the doctors are right.
Her recovery would not be complete
My daughter will never be herself.
I refuse to act quickly
I need time to consider
Should I let them pull the switch
Give my permission and kill her?
Copyright © Written by John Yeo.
All rights reserved.
Written for Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic asides blog on “Writers Digest”
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/2015-april-pad-challenge-day-3