Thankful

Thanks to the police, paramedics, nurses, and doctors who saved my son one fateful night. It changed our lives in one way and another

The police came knocking at half past one
Your son is dying they said
Stabbed they said
I felt so frozen inside, dead
And there he lay
Covered in blood
With wounds all over
He tried to kill me, he said
He stabbed me in the back, he said
Fear and anger warred inside
I hated this unknown then
Prayers were answered that day
After surgery, he’s still here
Looking at me, tubes in his chest
Do you know how lucky he is? They said
An inch higher and we couldn’t have saved him , they said
As it is he has fourteen wounds
Lungs, liver, kidney, tendons all cut
But he’s still here still fighting
and a very lucky young man
He could have died that day
It changed us both forever!
Thank you so very much
For saving my son

© L Conway 2020

Reviews

[Gee]

Gone are the days when you could cuff someone around the ear and then forget about it. Today it seems every man and his dog is armed with a knife, just in case....
So glad that the young fella survived.
Nicely written Lisa

[Lisa C]

Thanks, yes it's almost as the youngsters don't value life anymore

[barleygirl]

You got completely out the way & let this powerful story tell itself, which is what very smart writers do! Wow! I gather this must be autobiographical . . . you dragged us thru it intensely . . . yet it's hard not to admire your thankful spirit in the end (((HUGS)))

[Lisa C]

Thanks, yes it was an easy tell from a terrible time, I'll always be thankful to those people who saved his life