...tantas Saudades...!!!: 2006

Friday, March 28, 2008

2006

Two years ago
Two days ago -
in the spiritual realm

Two years ago today,
those of us present to witness it
said goodbye to the
Taciturn Leader;
my father,
Joao Jacinto Borges Pimentel.

I had prepared myself on the late side,
on the 22nd,
to go see Dad at the hospital.
When I got there,
I found him sound asleep
but in a very strange manner.
Only I could tell, of course,
that something was wrong -
only I knew him well enough,
so it was me who wound up
sounding the alarm
which led to CODE BLUE
a mere few minutes later...
No one else
in that wretched hospital
would have noticed A THING,
if it wasn't for me;
not the nurses,
head-nurse,
doctors, quacks, hacks,
you name them...

It was over
right there and then -
but I ordered them to
DO SOMETHING.

And we got a short reprieve.

Six days - merely that - with Dad hooked
on a respirator...

At the end of which
we had to say goodbye
in saddest fashion.

It all happened exactly two years ago - TODAY.

NOW.

I remember the anguish
of facing all this,
alone, because the "others"
who came were of so little
support, ultimately,
and they came only after
the worst had already occurred.
The worst moments,
the pure anguish
I lived it alone.
And I remember it all
so very vividly...

As if it was YESTERDAY -
isn't that the expression?

Only, it can be said here, again,
"as if it was TODAY" -
for more than a single reason too.
Or 48 hours ago...

After all, it was two years ago for me
- but it was two days ago, for Dad.

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