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Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts
by Tom McLeod 

	    How did the world	    
	    change on me
	    Where is the smile
	    that should be
	    How can I be happy
	    when death is so close
	    My world is crashing
	    for the son I love most

	    His disease is moving
	    He doesn't deserve this fate
	    No matter how hard I try
	    I can't hold back the rate
	    I hold him in my arms
	    I choke back the tears
	    I try to help him
	    calm his fears

	    How much time I have
	    I don't really know
	    But when that day comes
	    it will be a savage blow
	    My son is worried
	    about the sadness in me
	    I try to hide it
            but it's there to see

	    Spare thoughts are my enemy
	    He's too young to die
	    Spare thoughts are my enemy
	    And I begin to cry
About the author: Tom McLeod, originally from Canada, and his 17-year-old son, currently reside in Aukland, New Zealand. Mr. McLeod wrote to PHCentral recently to thank us for our great site and to share a poem he wrote five years ago when his son was first diagnosed with PH. He wrote to us on the fifth anniversary of that diagnosis.

Tom tells us "My son Daren got his PH from a hole in the heart." He also told us that few medications for PH are currently funded in NZ making it a big problem for those with this disease. But the good news is that Tom's son is alive and well five years later and back playing soccer (goalie).

Mr. McLeod would welcome your feedback and comments. You may write to him directly by clicking here.

 

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