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.