Some Old Poems Continued...

These next two poems are very...story-like.

Bereavement

I press my face against the cold glass

I scream and cry but in the end it does nothing

They have to save you

Everything I hear is the heart monitor

Everything I see is surgeons working to fix you

Everything I smell is the salt of my tears and the blood on my hands

I can feel nothing as I watch hands hovering over you

An incision here, and stitch there

All but one MD back away, wiping the blood off their hands

The final moment

Her movements with the scalpel are painstaking

Meticulous

When the beeping monitor stops, so does my heart

My limbs give out and my flesh is being eaten away by pain of disappointment

Reality fades away as I try to cling to the past

So this is it

This is what it feels like when dreams die

Before the Storm

As hard as it might be to believe, this is the worst of it

While the warning sirens are blaring, and our families pack their belongings

Things can only go uphill from here

The rain begins to fall on me

I know I'll never be able to hold you again like I am now

Tears don't even make way as they tear us apart

The last image I have of you in my mind is while you screamed and struggled to get to me

I knew your efforts were futile

I slept for the most part but once the storm had passed, I was mortified

I searched and searched but couldn't find you

I demanded that your family return you but they were just as confused as me

Wait

I notice you first and rush to you

Now here come the tears

You don't recognize me. You've never seen me before in your life?

In the end, of course, I was right

The damage was done before the storm

Even though you have no recollection of me now, I remember everything

The feel of your hand in mine and every kiss we shared

I believe it's more painful to have in my mind every wonderful memory while you have forgotten

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