Thursday, May 7, 2015

May 7, 2015

WAITING ROOM

Sitting here in this hospital waiting room ….
It’s a recovery room for the family - for friends sitting here in a vinyl chair - which is getting harder by the hour. Each time the door opens - all faces look up. Everyone is waiting - waiting for good news: How the operation went? 
How she did. Is she OK for now. Finally 
after 4 hours comes Good News. Now what? And now comes the real waiting - the future -
and then some more waiting in this vast 
waiting room - called earth, called life.


© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2015


WAITING ROOM 
[Version 2]

Sitting here in this hospital waiting room -
just down the corridor from an operation
recovery room - a room for the family -
many families - many people - waiting.

Sitting here on a vinyl seat getting harder
by the hour. Each time the door opened,
all faces looked up - looking, wondering if
this was the doctor who would bring news.

Sitting here waiting for Good News - how
she/ he was, how the operation went, Finally….
It must be tough being a doctor - a nurse -
especially when the patient is not good.

Sitting here in the car, watching her/ him
out the front windshield - heading for the car -
wondering about the nexts - more waiting -
in this waiting room called earth, called life.




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