12-02-2013, 08:18 AM
Edit 2
I ran in slow motion past
the emptied ambulance
into a room of unanswered prayers
clinging to the thick burgundy
carpet, Bibles, and tissue boxes.
In the hallway, I could hear
a woman's high-pitched laughter.
Her relief blistered my skin.
I only wanted to stay
indefinitely in your sterile room,
but a doctor arrived to break me
with practiced sympathy.
Your shrouded body
hiding a gaping hole
the surgeon made, trying
to massage your heart back to life.
I touched soft brown hair streaked with silver
and memorized the love-lines around your eyes.
"Goodbye" I said with a hollow chest
no sheet could conceal
Edit:
I ran in slow motion past
the empty ambulance
into a room full of unanswered prayers
clinging to the thick burgundy
carpet, bibles, and tissue boxes.
In the hallway, I could hear
a woman's high pitched laughter.
Her relief blistered my skin.
I would have waited for you
indefinitely in that sterile room,
but a doctor arrived to assault me
with practiced sympathy.
Your shrouded body
hiding a gaping hole
the surgeon made trying
to massage your heart back to life.
No sheet could conceal
the dark void in my chest
as I touched soft brown hair streaked with silver
and memorized the love lines around your eyes.
"Goodbye" I said to the second father
that left me in this lifetime.
Original-
-special thanks to Todd for helping me with free verse-
(for Greg)
I ran in slow motion past
the empty ambulance
into a room full of unanswered prayers.
They were clinging to the thick burgundy
carpet, bibles, and tissue boxes.
In the hallway, I could hear
a woman's high pitched laughter.
Her relief was a hot poker in my chest.
I would have waited for you
indefinitely in that sterile room,
but a doctor arrived to assault me
with practiced empathy.
He robbed me of any reason
to hopefully wait.
Your body was shrouded
to hide a gaping hole
the surgeon made
trying to massage your heart back to life.
No sheet could conceal
the dark void in my chest
as I touched soft brown hair streaked with silver
and memorized the love lines around your eyes.
"Goodbye" I said to the second father
that left me in this lifetime.
I ran in slow motion past
the emptied ambulance
into a room of unanswered prayers
clinging to the thick burgundy
carpet, Bibles, and tissue boxes.
In the hallway, I could hear
a woman's high-pitched laughter.
Her relief blistered my skin.
I only wanted to stay
indefinitely in your sterile room,
but a doctor arrived to break me
with practiced sympathy.
Your shrouded body
hiding a gaping hole
the surgeon made, trying
to massage your heart back to life.
I touched soft brown hair streaked with silver
and memorized the love-lines around your eyes.
"Goodbye" I said with a hollow chest
no sheet could conceal
Edit:
I ran in slow motion past
the empty ambulance
into a room full of unanswered prayers
clinging to the thick burgundy
carpet, bibles, and tissue boxes.
In the hallway, I could hear
a woman's high pitched laughter.
Her relief blistered my skin.
I would have waited for you
indefinitely in that sterile room,
but a doctor arrived to assault me
with practiced sympathy.
Your shrouded body
hiding a gaping hole
the surgeon made trying
to massage your heart back to life.
No sheet could conceal
the dark void in my chest
as I touched soft brown hair streaked with silver
and memorized the love lines around your eyes.
"Goodbye" I said to the second father
that left me in this lifetime.
Original-
-special thanks to Todd for helping me with free verse-
(for Greg)
I ran in slow motion past
the empty ambulance
into a room full of unanswered prayers.
They were clinging to the thick burgundy
carpet, bibles, and tissue boxes.
In the hallway, I could hear
a woman's high pitched laughter.
Her relief was a hot poker in my chest.
I would have waited for you
indefinitely in that sterile room,
but a doctor arrived to assault me
with practiced empathy.
He robbed me of any reason
to hopefully wait.
Your body was shrouded
to hide a gaping hole
the surgeon made
trying to massage your heart back to life.
No sheet could conceal
the dark void in my chest
as I touched soft brown hair streaked with silver
and memorized the love lines around your eyes.
"Goodbye" I said to the second father
that left me in this lifetime.