By Wendiann Alfieri
“Life Support”
She doesn’t know
She’s sitting there
While everyone is silent
Looking at machines and buttons
They discuss the options
Looming over them
“Maybe we should wait, don’t pull the plug just yet”
“she’s...she might wake up there is a chance…”
“ Don’t take the chance, would you rather her pass now, or pass when your at home making dinner, when she’s all alone not even knowing she’s been struggling and she could have been free from pain years ago, but we wanted to keep her for selfish reasons”
“It’d be selfish to kill her when there’s still a chance”
“I love her, i really really do I can’t lose her, she can’t lose us, she’ll be alone in death that we caused or life that she can’t participate in”
Hours of this, as the family sits wondering
Thinking about the time her uncle taught her how to tie her shoes
Or about the time she fell and that little kitten ran over to her and soon she was surrounded by little kittens
She wanted all of them and she got a kitten
She loved her family for letting her have such simple joy
She couldn’t always find it on her own
They took her from a mental hell
And loved her like she couldn’t love herself
And no matter how angry she got
They were not mad
And no matter how caring and loving she was
They were still sad
She’d suffered, but she was able to find peace
She was able to get on her feet
Until the accident
That now rendered her almost lifeless
The family talked once more, deciding to let her go
They all stood around her
And said their last goodbyes
With the tears running down their faces
And they couldn’t turn away
But in memory she never fades
If you love someone let them go
But they can’t always let go of you
