Great Ormond Street

Child friendly distasteful walls
kept going and going
      Like a tunnel
I adjusted my funnel.

Rushed nurses running around
from room to room
     With plastic gloves
"Don't worry my love."

My mum squeezed my hand
we slowed and stopped
      She lifted me out my chair
Held me in her arms and stroked my hair.

We walked through the halls
looking into the next room
     A little girl lay in bed
Pale skin and little hair on her head.

My eyes grew blurry
with drops of my tears
     That could of been me...
I looked away, I didn't want to see.

"Sweetheart don't cry...
you're going home
     be happy for health
you saved yourself."

"Love is strong
stronger than you'd believe
     spread some joy and kindness
and the sick and angry will mind less."

"This chapter is over
but remember this
     respect that you give
will make life easier to live."

E.T.