krutarth

Left Out

grandfather collapsed,

an emergency.

yet, not a soul knocked,

not one informed me.

 

the distant siren;

a gradual crescendo,

halted; at its peak.

 

and I knew then,

tragedy loomed;

someplace near me.

 

months passed,

ever since; still I,

shiver at the sight of it,

the door to my room,

how cold it is.