First Aid for Kids
Their eyes engage me
Widen and enrage me!
“Call an ambulance somebody
Quick, before she ends here lifeless
Cold and dead.”
An RTA in a 4am shadow,
A marrow of blood for a
Congregational crowd
And loud I shout
And spill the beans,
‘Why not teach these beings
As kids,
How to treat a casualties
Bleed?’
I splay my mind at the lack
Of sense,
At all those lost,
These wasted deaths.
Michael J Waite 9th April 2009
Hi Mike...glad you liked "Gone to Earth" don't quite know how it came about...I just started writing and it happened that way. First Aid for Kids... yes so much unecessary loss...all children should learn First Aid as part of their education , in my opinion, also basic Childcare, Drama, Art and Creative Writing should be compulsory too whilst we're at it. Sian X
<Deleted User> (5646)
Fri 10th Apr 2009 11:48
Hi Mike,
i remember as a kid going to the local St.Johns ambulance for first aid for beginners. I was taught mouth to mouth rescucitation at swimming lessons. I often wonder why i don't hear of many doing the same these days but often ferry people who have nothing more than a scratch to the local A and E.
Your poem reflects a lazy society and you're right, so many lives ruined or lost because of ignorance. Good one.
Incidentally, i read most of your work and can relate to much if it in many ways. It's the political ones i get a bit bogged down with though and it depends on my mood as to whether or not i can read through them.
Janet.x
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Anthony Emmerson
Wed 15th Apr 2009 22:37
Hi Mike,
I did St John's in my early teens. Kept me off the streets and taught me a little. then I discovered girls were much more fun. It was all downhill from there really . . . Should have got my priorities right. I remember a little, may come in useful some day. Point well made.
Regards,
A.E.
p.s. Sorry I made you blub. Don't worry, it wasn't autobiographical!