- Psychiatric Times Vol 27 No 8
- Volume 27
- Issue 8
Last Concert of the Summer
The moon comes up like a melody . . .
The moon comes up like a melody
from a sad old love song. On stage,
the orchestra plays a Mozart concerto,
summer slowing down on the last weekend
before the world goes back to work.
This has been a season of sick friends-
heart attacks, Hodgkins, MS and cancer
all scraping their one-note symphonies.
But saddest of all has been the young man
I’ve known since birth, who sees conspiracy
in the stars and the moon’s jaundiced eye,
the medicines of our trade and Mozart’s
triumphant music too weak to cure him.
The white-robed conductor waves his wand
and sways like a dancer at the crescendo,
me in the back row picturing the way
I place a stethoscope in my ears and listen
to the heart when I’ve run out of things to say.
Articles in this issue
about 15 years ago
Screening for Depression in Clinical Practice: An Evidence-Based Guideabout 15 years ago
The Evolutionary Calculus of Depressionabout 15 years ago
Sabbath Psychiatryabout 15 years ago
Palliative Care in Older Adultsabout 15 years ago
Drugs, Death, and Disconcerting Dilemmasabout 15 years ago
Who Should Care About Geriatric Mental Health? Check the Mirror . . .about 15 years ago
Voices of Bipolar Disorder: The Healing Companion:about 15 years ago
No More Constant Craving?about 15 years ago
Best to You, Dr Cummings . . .Newsletter
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