The Minute Hand

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Darkness shrouds the light; A curve in the road,
A deer jumps from the blind,
Tires squeal, Metal crunches and the lights go out.
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A Breath is heard, a heart is beating;
No one is bleeding, everyone is safe.
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A midnight call, a frantic drive,
Smell of medicine, rustle of scrubs,
Late night, early morning... and we are off for home.
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Leave drive, Phone rings,
Emergency, Return, another ER…
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Monitors beeping, heart rate decreasing,
Inverted bed, blood explosion
IV’s hung, pale complexion
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Stability comes, lucidity resets
Demands are made, Requests are denied.
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Release to ICU, Screaming guests
No word is heard, Promises made
Prodding needles, no rest
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Day no food, Coming along its way
Looking for beds, move is safe.
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Speeding drive made, Patrol no help
Hazard lights on, Paleness revisits
A bump in road, pain releases
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Another ER… Admittance to Bay
Sallowness of flesh, against doctors’ orders
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Five bags of blood, color returns
No food yet, hunger remains,
Sleep comes, blood clears
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Weeks stay, built up blood
Ate some food, release again
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Phone rings, Accident happened
Left turn made, Car hit
Everyone is fine, Nose is bleeding
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Can’t breathe. Chest pangs,
Legs crumbled, blackness seeps in
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Home again, kids will play
No rest for the sick, stress returns
Screaming din, quiet solitude sought
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Anger comes, weakness holds on
Rest evades, while the din continues on
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Insurance called, bruises heal
Blood is normal, rest needed
Din continues, no rest found
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No movement within, pain grows
Can’t find comfort, swelling begins
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Another call, early morn drive
White lines pass, sleep is fought
Swollen abdomen, uncomfortable travel
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Needle comes, Signature required,
Room with a view, more rustle of scrubs
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Sleep comes, upright in chair
A small amount yet yielded no mercy
Awake again, Crink in neck, Sore back
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Six floors down, bad food had,
Warm sun on back, Sleep still needed
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Doctor seen, Drive again
Sleep tried to set in, Caffeine arrives
Home, sleep and hope given…
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Work needed, quiet teased sleep
Insurance called again, new rental
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all again, drive up
Release for home, discomforted ride home
Late arrival, Drive again for home
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Anticipation, Relief will be soon
A call, a smile, a twinkle
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Arrival home, food finally
No call, was postponed,
Others came, sleep set in
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Lectures start, friends attacked,
Jealousy felt, fear starts
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Sleep numbs the shooting pain
The chest is feeling, the heart is rending
Coldness chills the warmth that was before
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Supports fail, as the fall began
Spiraling down, Strength given to others none left
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Copyrighted and Written by ADR, Anne Denese Rhoney

3.29.2013