Hospital
I've been at the hospital for a few days supporting my mother and her husband who's still in intensive care, so only got a few seconds really to post anything.
Sonnet 586 - Saturday 12 April 2008
And so another day draws to its end
With all of us still here, or so it seems,
Because we only know family and friends
Survived to face another night of dreams.
We don’t see or care about awkward themes
Like strangers whose time came some time today,
Except in hospital wards where bright beams
Of unforgiving light show all that they
Can do is not enough. Though patients stay
Longer than in the old days, nurses send
The beds on wheels up corridors; no screams
From onlookers; doors closed - please look away.
Gods’ laps remain decisive. Still, pretend
That we have a say, fine medical teams.
Richard Brooks
Mon 14th Apr 2008 19:54
very deep poem. Its the worst thing to deal with when family are in the hospital, its the only place we want to be because we want to be there for them yet at the same time its the last place we want to be. Best wishes