Hospital stay
On Thu, 16 Mar 2023, 23:19 Clive Stokes,wrote:
Something has happened to me
That's given me a fright
And I've been taken to hospital
To get me put right
I've been taken by nurses
Up to a ward
I've been here a while
And I'm already bored
So I'm starting ty look
Up and down in the hall
And all I can see
Is a clock on the wall
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
A nurse came to see me
And gave me a smile
And said let's get you comfortable
You'll be here for a while
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
I'm woken early each morning
As I get a bed bath
It's a little embarrassing for me
And I have a short nervous laugh
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
Then breakfast arrives
And they're at their old tricks
They fill up my bowl
With cheap weet-a-bix
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
Then nurses visit
All of the beds
Doing the obs
And dispensing the meds
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
Then my hopes are raised
As visiting times near
My family all come
And fill me with cheer.
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
As visiting times finishes
And my visitors go
I'm left here alone
And so full woe
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
Then tea time comes
I don't know what I've got
I hope its a Kiev
Crispy and hot
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
Now visiting time is
Here at last
My family's all here
And we'll all have a blast
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
8 o'clock is here again
And visiting time ends
And I have to say goodbye
To my family and my friends
And all I can hear
Is the tick and the tock
As I stare at the wall
Watching the clock
A nurse comes and tells me
Come on please don't moan
I've got some good news or you
Tomorrow you are going home
So no more will I hear
That tick and that tock
And I won't be staring at the wall
Watching the clock
I know I've been blessed
By the man up above
I'm going back home now
To the family I love.
About this poem
Wrote this for a friend who had a stroke and had to be admitted to hospital and he just wanted to be home .
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Written on March 17, 2023
Submitted by stokesclive9 on March 16, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
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Words | 552 |
Stanzas | 26 |
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