The Sovereign Surgeon Poem by John Sensele

Peals of laughter penetrated the parlour
Melting the iceberg blocking progress
Initiated and negotiated with vim and valour
When by dint of determination I declined to digress

From the way forward to the promised land
Where milk and silk awaited the arrival
Promised weeks earlier to repair the gregarious gland
Guaranteed and my suppressed survival.

Given the complexity my fate underwent
Through sunshine and rain
In hardship times spent
Waiting with heightened hope for the train

Taking home to the beloved
I'd missed during my sojourn
Into the kingdom where freedom so loved
Burst forth as fate flew into the arms of the sovereign surgeon.