Seymour - Deracinated (Spoken word)

deracinate
/dɪˈrasɪneɪt/
verb
past tense: deracinated; past participle: deracinated
uproot (someone) from their natural geographical, social, or cultural environment.

Chris Seymour is a spoken word poet and Clinical Educator in Palliative and End of Life care. Deracinated was written to connect creatively with nurses and other healthcare professionals on the importance of treating each of our patients as unique, not just treating their symptoms and illness.

Videography by Carl Palmer
Art direction by Pete Obsolete
Audio recorded by Will Cotterill

Deracinated

I was a Father, I was a Son, I was a lover

I was once young

I had dreams, I taught, I travelled

I laughed and drank, ate, savoured and wasted time

I bled and felt wrecked, regrouped, healed

Mind collected, then fled

I flew the coop, settled and nurtured

I read and discussed, proved points and was wrong

I learnt and developed, wrote and listened

I breather in, I wheezed, I brewed infection

I heaved, I fell, I got back up, I worked always

Now I am here

Static

I am a set of failing organs, I am rates, I am measurements

I am 'Get Well Soon' cards sent from people who don't know what to say to the dying

Hope to see you soon, they say

I am awkward conversations about weather

I am sitting in the same spot, then moved every 4 hours

I am crying when no one is looking

I am sickly, I am thin, I am unsettled

I am uncomfortable in my own skin

For someone who had his 'fingers in many pies'

I am hungry but now I cannot bring myself to eat

I am lonely, I am longing...I am in love

I am in love

I feel loved, I must be mindful

I am now appreciation, I am now every moment

I am reborn before I leave

I am read to, I hang on every word

I cry when my wife is there

I am reassured, I am realistic, I receive comfort

I accept the pills, the treatment

I have some time, even if just for now, like, now

I don't mourn my loss because I exist now

My wife reminded me of that

I am still alive

I am appreciated

I grow roots again

I stand strong, even if I cannot stand

[PrymityfRecords]

flipflops x socks <3. love it Chris xx