Awake

[Wjames]

Awake

Little boy
feigning sleep;
the sound of running 

water in the bathroom. This is a strong opening. Getting twice the image out of the previous line is nice.
Cracked light
through the door 
her shadow passing-- I like that the light is her shadow passing, you see it twice, another sort of combined image as above. I was going to say you could cut 'the' in the previous line, but I don't think it really matters.

Listening to
labored breath,
the grip on her arm
stretching like rubber, and I don't think you need this 'and'.

        sharp inhale

The knob squeaks,
the door closing gently I think this 'the' is unnecessary. There's three in this very short stanza, and this one is the one to cut. I like the stanza, though.
behind. Bare feet
recede down the hall.

The little boy lies awake  I don't think you need to tell us again that it's the little boy, we know that. If this were my poem, I would try to show the child lying awake in a simple way, i.e 'one leg outside the covers'. The title says he's awake as well, don't need to say that again here imo.
wondering about his mother.

Hey Semicircle, I think this is really good, I like seeing a movie in words.