Hospital Colors
Chocolate Brown
Sleeping Dog
Flashing Red
Traffic Light
Velvet Green
Mossy Log
Shadow Black Sleepless Night
Worry, wonder, keeping me awake
Every noise not understood
Jars me to wakefulness, checking
for breathing, feeling for
heart beats, looking for colors
and signs I recognize.
Soft and Purple
Spreading Bruises
Dull and Gray
Sticky Tape Marks
White and Yellow
IV Hoses
Puffy Red
Shock Marks
Fevers rush, the sweat pours out
nothing seems to soothe
your aches, your pains, I
wish there were more to do
to keep you near me just
one more day, year, lifetime,
looking for signs you'll be
alright, signs or colors I recognize.
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