Dead Man's Ghost Poem by Aldo Kraas

This man had been a long time in the hospital
He is quite old and sick
I hadn’t had a chance to come and visit him
But today I received a phone call from the hospital
Saying that this man will die any hour
They are shutting him down
I had dropped everything I was doing at home
I call the taxi
One hour later
I got in to the taxi
I was now heading to the hospital
Sadness filled my eyes
But when I enter this man’s room
The time just Arrived for him to die
I held his hand
I didn’t say a world to him
His body was shutting down slowly
He had a difficult time in breathing
He was gasping now for air
Then he began to close his eyes
And then he died
I was glad that I was able to see him for the last time
The man’s room in the hospital felt eerie
Now I was talking to the dead man’s ghost
The dead man’s ghost said to me
You know one thing he lived all he had to live
He worked all his life and now came his time to go
After that I had let my hand go
I left and they covered this man up