‘’My LOVE AFFAIR’’
A Resident/Patient
Laguna Honda Hospital +
Rehabilitation Center
The WHOLE POEM
A Place That Is Kind To Me,
As I Am Kind To It.
A Place That Appreciates Me,
When I Need To Be Appreciated.
A Place That Treats Me Well Most ALL The Time!
A Place That Teaches Me Creative Ways
To Deal With My Emotions.
A Place That Helps Me To Express Myself
In Ways That I Will Best Be Understood.
A Place To Give Me Value
When The World Seems In Short Supply.
A Place That Helps Me To Get My Needs Met
When My Needs Are NOT Always Clear To Me.
A Place That Treats Me Kindly
When The World Shows Me It Is Running Low.
A Place That Is Willing To Hear Me
When I Need To Be Heard.
A Place That Helped Me To Physically Adjust
When I Had My Strokes.
A Place Willing To Help Me Quiet
After My Heart Attacks.
A Place That Is Very Willing To Work With Me
As I Battle My Anxieties.
A Place That Takes Me Seriously
And Laughs With Me When I Need To Laugh.
It’s A Place That Helps Me To Be A Me
That We ALL Can Seem To Deal With.
Please Don’t Close Laguna Honda Hospital
I Don’t Know If I Will Find A Place
That So Readily Accepts Me As I Am!
Thank You To Those Who Worked
Hands-On During The Heart of The Pandemic...
Putting Our Safety First, Before Your Own.
The Defunding of Laguna Honda AND Closing It
Seems A Very Shortsighted, Sad Response, Throwing In The Towel And Crying ''Uncle,'' WHILE Throwing Out The Baby In The Process
Maybe Another Look At The Grit AND Determination
We Have When We Stand Together and Work Together
Fixing What Needs Fixing
Not Allowing FOOLISHNESS To Run The Show
Realizing That The Pages We Find Ourselves On Aren't Really That Different!
Where Finding A Compromise Is Possible
And Taking A Closer Look At Our Priorities AND Yours,
Tweaking Where Necessary,
Allowing Residents To Express Their Two Cents When Needed
Support NOW Becomes A Doing ''With'' Situation,
Instead of A Doing ''For'' Situation
Whereas He Who Holds The Cards, Also,
Holds The Objective, At Times
It Exposes That Closure Is NOT OUR ONLY OPTION
A Situation Can Be Reached That Brings A Smile From Both Sides
A WIN-WIN Situation, Prevails
A Happier Entity Now Dwells On Each Side.
AND, They ALL Live HASSLE-FREE, Again,
For Awhile!
THE POEM
EDITED ON
YOUTUBE
1 comment:
Hi Paul, it's really good to find your blog and read this poem. I wish only the very best for all of the residents and staff of Laguna Honda, and I miss volunteering there with Zen Hospice. I live in Sonoma county now, and it's not easy to get down to San FRancisco. But I remember you very well.....
Best wishes,
Linda (the person who rescues dogs)
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