…and His Heart Failed

In semi-recumbent position hte pale and patient prays

Lids flickering, eyeballs rolling to and from

Alar nasi flared wildly like of the wilds in the wild

Legs straightened on a bed, a bit bigger and shinier than elephant’s

Abdominal protuberance,

Black and Shiny like a calabash

              A year earlier, A promise he made

              to a damsel, young, fresh and beautifully made

              “My affections will stay,

              Even if my heart will break”

Ward round team waiting earnestly

for the medical god – consultant cardiologist

On his arrival all stood at attention

Awaiting his verdict on the boy’s condition

              A month ago, his damsel left with a “house officer”

              Leaving behind the “scoreless” “Alex Brown Hall Officer”

                          “Young man, your heart fails – may be idiopathic

                          New in this environment,” the consultant apathetic suggests

              “I know the cause,”

              screamed teh boy.

              “Accelerated malingering malignant Hypertension

              Induced by fluctuations between extremes of emotions,

              Euphoria of capturing love to sense a loss of one and severe depression

              But my love for her stays even though my heart fails.”

              Then he enters cardiac arrest

              Embracing eternal rest

              True to his word

              To the end of the world.