Why I Am Cold At Night And Having Chills Poem by RIC BASTASA

the antibiotics have become useless

and so the medicine man
(quack doctor) came and burned some herbs
to cure me

they say that there is nothing wrong
if i believe
i have nothing to lose

and he said
my father long dead is angry and wants to be appeased
his soul
i have not offered prayers
his resting place
i have not visited

and so every night
his cold spirit comes and sleeps with me
missing me
embracing me

i have nothing to lose if i believe
and so prayers were offered
and a visit was done

today the coldness is gone
i feel the heat
of the memory

of papa and his promise to always
protect me
and my family

memories rush like sunshine on my face
and the sickness is gone

i see
the quackdoctor must be right