By JOAN KATELYN KASSEL
I SAW AN OLD MAN ALL ALONE, SO PALE AND HELPLESS THERE. THE NURSING HOME WAS FILLED WITH
STAFF. YET NO ONE SEEMED TO CARE! HE CRIED OUT FOR ASSISTANCE. NOT ONE HEAD-EVEN TURNED HIS WAY! THEY SIMPLY JUST IGNORED HIM AS HE
STRUGGLED THROUGH THE DAY!
CONNECTED TO A FEEDING TUBE AND OXYGEN IN PLACE. HIS BED WAS SOILED AND WRINKLED, THERE
WAS TERROR ON HIS FACE!!!
I WALKED INTO THAT OLD MANS ROOM AND TOOK HIM BY THE HAND. HE GRAPPLED AS HE REACHED FOR ME, LIKE
ONE IN SINKING SAND!
ONE DAY SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO PAY AS THEY STAND BEFORE GODS THRONE. FOR NO-ONE WILL BE HELPING
THEM, THEY’LL STAND THERE ALL ALONE.
THEY’LL ANSWER WHEN GOD ASKS THEM WHY. I WONDER WHAT THEY’LL SAY FOR NO EXCUSE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR WHAT I SAW THAT DAY! GOD JUST MAY NOT TAKE THEIR EXCUSE WHATEVER IT MAY BE IT COULD BE. HE’LL TOSS THEM ASIDE FOR ALL ETERNITY!
I HOPE AND PRAY THATS NOT THEIR FATE. I’LL
PRAY FOR THEM EACH DAY AND REALLY HOPE WHEN
THEY NEED HELP GOD WON’T JUST TURN AWAY!