I lie in this bed,
watch dust glitter in moonlight
the bed adjacent to mine
empty for quite some time.
and the nurses would smoke
in the hallways, and the doctors too
but tobacco has become
foreign now.
I rise from this bed
and walk around to socialize
they're wading spectres
compounded energies
left over from our neglect.
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A telling a story in vivid imagery
A poem of what we are made of dust, dry skin cells scattered things change including who we are as we shed all we are made of and the doctors and nurses come and go as does the tobacco all specters left over from our neglect
Hayleigh, thereโs a haunting calm in this that really lingers. The dust, the empty bed, the quiet movement through it allโฆthen that turn into something more than just memory. It feels like presence layered on absence. Beautifully done, my friend. ๐น๐ค๐๐ฏ๏ธ๐ฆโโฌ
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