Echo
He was moved down
to ‘The Departure Lounge’
and we were reduced
to the daytime whispers
of his night duty shifts
as required ten years earlier
but then Dad was dying
and his bed was grounded
almost as if the next stage
was another eased lowering
Three decades on
and I now look to a room
which is equally flawed
but my expected years
are not that finite reduction
of a terminal Illness
I struggle with this shift
from first floor to ground
but it will make life easier
for all in our household
I say I struggle with this shift