NO EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES PLEASE <br /> <br />No extraordinary measures, Please- <br />No feeding tube no respirator- <br />Once the mind has gone south <br />Let the body die also- <br />I don't want to sit in a chair for twenty years drooling- <br />I don't want to give a vacant smile <br />That leads family members to have false hope- <br />I don't want to be a bother and an expense- <br /> <br />You can't just kill me <br />And I won't sign on to suicide- <br />And I should have ordinary medicines <br />And medical care <br />But don't push it- <br /> <br />I am just another human being <br />Who has lived on this earth <br />However you may love me- <br /> <br />I am sorry <br />I am causing you this grief- <br />And I am sorry you might miss me- <br /> <br />But what is important to me <br />Is that <br />You go on living your lives <br />In the best way possible- <br /> <br />What will become of me <br />And whether we will meet again <br />is our question <br />and God's answer- <br /> <br />Thank you for sharing my life with me <br />I love you-<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-extraordinary-measures-please/
