Anxiety Poem by Clyde King

The dog is restless tonight
and the cats won't settle down.
I can't sleep and I feel
like the night will last forever.

There's no food in the house
and it's cold outside. My
daughter Andrea is sick
and spending a night
or two in hospital. Second
time in a month she's been
hospitalized.

I'm afraid she may be
heading for a major stroke.
I couldn't bear seeing her
speechless and crippled.

If one of my girls died
before me I would die.
They are all I live for.
Without them my life
would be over, done,
adios amigo.

Dec.2020