Hospital confidential
A confident stride
the prelude to
tugged curtains
a breathless introduction
Conversations ensue
maybe the most painful
of our lives
behind paper screens
We don’t hear all the words
but certainly get the tone
the grimness in the phrases
the timescales dodged
Biopsies, scans
lives changed
behind those paper defined boundaries
between your life and theirs
iPads and magazines are stared at
in desperate attempts
to divert attention
from this stranger
This stranger who’s life has just collided
with ours as I sit uninvited
a mere bystander
in their unfolding disaster
Curtains pulled back
Words digested
Heads come up
Sad smiles make contact
Another hospital confidential
story unfolds
and for that moment we are one
in these four beds
All our stories are shared
our tears witnessed
our pain cursed
our lonely fears observed
As I gather up for home
these women’s stories
will be part of my own story here
and be part of my tears shed
tears that slowly relieve the trauma
and leave it behind
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