By

James Bredin

A choice between pain and a complete drugged vegetative state,

Approaching the end in this condition, unable to debate,

Death cannot be stopped; it can only be slightly postponed,

Or delayed in pain and depression while medically stoned.

Euthanasia is the right to die and avoid this extreme pain,

Tends to cause the pompous religious and politicians great strain,

It is an expression of individual freedom if allowed,

Though this is all denied by the special-interest crowd.

Forced to stay alive connected to tubes hooked up to a machine,

Could indeed be a form of torture bordering on the obscene,

People should not be forced to stay alive in intense pain,

Because some sanctimonious folk have a religious campaign,

Saturday, November 10, 2007

By

James Bredin

I’d like to delay my exit from this world for as long as I can,

But some real bad painful disease could interfere with my plan,

Because no one knows what cards they’ll be dealt in this life,

It could end painfully slow, full of conflict, friction and strife.

Therefore we are more than helpless in the greater scheme of things,

On our journey to hell or heaven to maybe wear those wings,

If we had euthanasia, we could pick a nice date to die,

But we are denied these arrangements and I don’t know why.

We’re not allowed a referendum to bring about change,

Politicians or judges of course, don’t find this a little strange,

Maybe they think that they will never have this sticky situation,

They will live forever and not be bothered with this sensation.

Friday, November 9, 2007

By

James Bredin

Our freedom ends when we cannot determine how we die,

And our so called Charter of Rights means nothing and we can’t ask why,

Religion, ethics and moral codes prevent our self determination,

The elitists feel that it might interfere with our salvation.

Sue Rodriguez was helped to die quickly with Lou Gehrig’s disease,

With euthanasia, though the courts and politicians were not pleased,

Sanctimonious appointees couldn’t get it through their heads,

Only a matter of time before they too are on their deathbeds.

Choosing your moment of death is not an easy decision,

Especially when the court appointees look down on you with derision,

As you struggle on with a disease approaching painful death,

Squirming in agony just before it takes your last breath.

Those looking at death’s door have a different schedule of events,

They are not frightened by the courts or some politician’s two cents,

It seems the Dutch, the Belgians and the Swiss realize this,

But we are forbidden because the courts think we might be remiss.

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

By

James Bredin

Why should you tell me that euthanasia is both illegal and banned?

What about Charter Rights or human rights in this land?

The obituaries are filled with the names of people who have died,

Many with pain and suffering and with little input or pride.

Euthanasia is just a way to rearrange the timing of death,

Change the schedule of when you will breathe your very last breath,

No big deal except in the agenda and timing of events,

No need to get worked up about what this represents.

Analysing death decisions is not about heaven or hell,

It’s about pain, degradation, deprivation and deaths knell,

Should I apologize for causing you to think about this?

Euthanasia is legal for both the Dutch and the Swiss.

Monday, November 5, 2007

By

James Bredin

We can choose abortion, same-sex marriage but not the type of death,

We have no freedom of choice at the end of our lives on our last breath,

Righteous ethics of the indignant have banned euthanasia for life,

They believe they themselves will never suffer or have any strife,

Confronting this legal and ethical dilemma is hard,

They want those inclined arrested and put behind the bars,

The right to die is not listed in Trudeau’s Charter of Rights,

No politician will touch this issue of the real last rites.

So someone has to bring this challenge to the Supreme Court,

Though he or she may be dead by then in pain and got no support,

If Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Oregon can have it now,

We should have euthanasia too now and without a row.

Sunday, November 4, 2007