DREAD DON'T COME

Dread don't come

It all began
Six months ago
Not long ago

Read a poem
On national TV
At home

A friend
From Edinburgh
Saw me

Not only
Sounded but
Spread
Alarm bells
Said
He could
Only see my ears

He asked
Where
Is the rest
Of his body?

Somewhat
This was echoed
By everybody

They said
Looks
Like someone else

Pity
I became
Benchmark for
Thiness

Worried
Hurried
Not home
But
To the hospital

Battery
Of tests done
Results
Positive

Doctor & myself
Satisfied
Came to London

Family
Were worried

Dread don't come

Saw my GP
Again
Battery
Of tests carried
Nothing
The matter
Results positive

Made
Me feel better
Mystery
Of loosing weight
Not yet unravelled

Dread don't come

Family
Still worried
Once this mystery
revealed

My family
And me
Will see
Me as me

But thinner
Looking
Trim & better

Friends over here
Say
Look fitter
Young & trimmer

The right size
For my height & age
Suits me
Looking my age
'coz
It is
The right image

Over there
The thinner
The sicker
The fatter
The better

Dread don't go
Gave way
To hope
And
Welcome
To
The image
Of long ago