Malpractice

To the doctor, sorry STUDENT, who took so much

Right side paralysis, double vision- all with one touch

Left my right arm bent up, fingers clenched tight

Curled in a fist, like I was ready and willing to fight

It was my fourth surgery, the first three failing to regulate

The CSF building up in my brain just wasn't quite right

While in pain, I could still speak, ambulate freely and see

Now, because of you, I've forever lost all that was me

It's been years, decades, since your damage was done

And, my life, my acceptance of the "new" me, just begun

I hope, through the surgical procedure, you've learned a lot

Because of you, I will never be who I was-try as I may, I cannot