Brother

Brother
 
                     you died last night
sister rang shortly after midnight
found you on t’living room floor
 
lying face down near t’living room door
heart attack heart gave up died alone
no chance to get to t’phone call 999
 
coroner said “t’would have been quick
taking into account t’heart condition
and t’way you were lying on t’floor”
 
aged sixty one isn’t old at all
if you’d managed to make t’call
might have been saved alive today
 
life and fate are often cruel
both following t’simple rule
heads they win tails we lose
t’choice is theirs not ours to choose
 

@ rowland paul hill  19 October 2017