Untitled Poem
Bridgette Sullivan
It was Thursday, January 31, 2002,
I was sitting in work not having a clue
Wonder where Ray is, why didn't he call
Is he having a seizure and hurt from a fall?
I picked up the phone and dialed the number
He said he was having convulsions in clusters.
"Don't call the ambulance, I'll be all right,
I just didn't get much sleep last night.
I just took my medicine so I'll be okay,
It's just another ordinary day."
After an hour I got kind of worried,
I picked up the phone and called Ray in a hurry.
"Bridgette, I need you to come right away,
I am having non-stop seizures today."
"You'll be okay Ray, I will call your mom,
Don't get upset, please just stay calm."
An hour later my phone started to ring,
The EMTs said it's a very bad thing.
They could not get Ray to start breathing again,
"We think that he suffocated in his own bed."
My precious Ray, why did you leave me now?
I have to tell Colleen, but I just don't know how.
"Your daddy's in heaven, my darling Colleen,
Daddy was the strongest man that I ever did see."
He suffered from seizures for nearly two years,
He told God to please take away all his fears.
"Although I am gone, don't cry, don't you see?
No more seizures I'll have. No more epilepsy."
Bridgette wrote this poem in 5 minutes to help her cope with her partner Ray's death from SUDEP. More about her experience, and Ray can be seen at www.epilepsyfoundation.org/eCommunities/heroes/index.cfm?user_id=18
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