Christopher Chang's Short Poem 'Terminal Illness'

This short poem dives into the experiences physicians and caregivers undergo with terminal patients. The piece honestly expresses an abundance of hopelessness. It provides descriptions of a specific experience.However the descriptions are a mixture of plainly described details and heart throbbing dialogue.This creates a painfully honest image of the final days surrounding most terminal patients. Author Christopher Chang works with the University of Massachusetts as a professor of medicine. The experience and hopelessness described in this poem reveals the very issue that drives my argument. It breaks my heart to think that so many die of terminal illness and out of those that do die from terminal illnesses, a good portion die without ever having
had hope. Prayer can provide some kind of comfort and hope to terminal patients and their families who are suffering.