Assisted Suicide; A Question
“Terminally ill”
is it a term or a state
in which a person can exist — ending
without end
or is it a statement about
the state of our government?
dying but not dead yet
in this hospital bed there is no bed rest
days of waiting can’t change the facts
can’t take back what’s turning me
outside from the inside out
besides,
suffering is not something you can diagnose
I’d rather die from overdose than remain in this comatose
euthanasia and murder are not synonymous and
when I pull the plug I am autonomous
yet
in the eyes of the law I become anonymous
people hear “death” and perspective is lost
people fear death and they pay the cost
of time, — but not their own; mine.
and is that not a choice I get?
when my whole life has been mine to live
as I choose and when did I lose
the right to die by my own terms?
death is just a part of life and
if I’m correct, I have a right to life
— my life, and the liberty to do with that life what I please
so please,
tell me I can say goodbye
with lungs capable of speaking and eyes
undimmed by infringement in disguise
let me leave these pains in peace
rather than remain in slowly combusting pieces,
soon to be remains in these plain sheets
it is my life, not their law
it is my right, not their clause
when the choice is mine, it shouldn’t be protested
for someone to aid me in what I’ve requested