Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

The Hospital

Monitors flash vital signs
With reassuring beeps;
We watch the numbers blinking
As our friend, the patient, sleeps.

Nurses jot their findings down
And residents confer.
Life outside those corridors
Exists as just a blur.

Fluids, catheters and blood – 
A lingo all its own – 
The words seem like the most important
We have ever known.

Our friend awakes – we chat and laugh
And then he’s whisked away - 
A new procedure hopefully
To keep bad news at bay.

We say goodbye and wish him luck
And though it seems unfair,
We’re grateful exiting the doors
Into the wintry air.

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Robert Johnson January 11, 2014 at 5:47 PM I said a prayer here in my chair that your friend is ok. And that he had a lovely rest during his life delay. Peace. :) Peace. :)

Vera Duggan December 31, 2013 at 8:10 PM Ilene that is so well written and just how it is, I would love to be able to write like you people but I do love reading all your works and commenting on them. thank you and a happy new year. Vera Ilene Bauer January 5, 2014 at 11:09 AM a very happy new year to you, too, vera! hope you keep reading our poetry - it's wonderful having the support...

Robert Ludden December 30, 2013 at 7:50 PM Interesting honesty...and candid thoughts Ilene Bauer December 31, 2013 at 10:57 AM thanks, robert. i appreciate your comment............ilene happy new year!

Donna Jones December 28, 2013 at 8:55 PM Wishing your friend all the best Ilene....well written little rhyme for them...:-) :-) :-) I spent time in the hospital myself and for family...not fun:-( Ilene Bauer December 31, 2013 at 10:56 AM thank you, donna. he seems to be hanging in there. it's not fun for anyone. ~ have a happy and healthy new year (let's hope for no hospital visits!)............ilene

Leo Larry Amadore December 28, 2013 at 6:37 PM I have enjoyed reading here another of your logical, sane, and amusing well-crafted works. Earlier in life, I could not imagine that I would ever want to be confined in a hospital, but when the need arose I was certainly glad that they existed. Still, the relief one feels in leaving after visiting friends there is, indeed, very real. Ilene Bauer December 31, 2013 at 10:55 AM thank you for your kind words and for reading my poem. yes, unfortunately, we all need hospitals at some point but it's such a relief to leave them, even as a visitor...............ilene

Barbara Gorelick December 27, 2013 at 5:22 PM I spent a good deal of my life working in them..the older I got, the more depressed they made me. Love your poem, and especially the last stanza. BG Ilene Bauer December 31, 2013 at 10:53 AM i know exactly what you mean, barbara. thanks for your support and have a happy new year...........ilene

Eileen Manassian December 27, 2013 at 4:04 PM Yes....hospitals are very sad life giving places....what an oxymoron....Lovely write....so full of truth....HUGS Ilene Bauer December 31, 2013 at 10:52 AM thanks for reading, eileen. wishing you a happy new year.............ilene

Anne-Lise Andresen December 27, 2013 at 3:55 PM - I hope your friend will be well soon. - Hospital visits are never pleasant .... - oxox // Anne-Lise :) Ilene Bauer December 31, 2013 at 10:52 AM thsnks, anne lise! he's hanging in there. happy new year............ilene