The Hospital Asile

The Hospital Asile

Like the highway as long it goes
Like the lover's longing 
Like the winter's silence 
Like prisoned midnight and falling dawn 
Like the voyages made by Christopher 

Tube lights and window panes,
Sang the lullaby.
The lone street outside,
Sleeps in the womb of night.

Nurses battling with duties and dreams 
Doctors gravelled in white and faith
Staffs tested their patience and nestled 

Behind the door, 
Lay my ailing amma.
Her husband.
Her father.
Her pal.
Or somebody!

The shivering soul and my frozen veins seated in a long bench 
Music of my tapping feet in the stained floor tryst with melancholy 
Lost of fear is lost
Light of hope had perished 

Just like Arctic Ocean covered by ice,
Her body covered in white linen.
And the ticking 3 AM
In the hospital asile
Elevator carried lost spirits,
Looks like ceramic sculptures.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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December 7, 2020 at 8:07 PM
Shanaz, so glad you are back! This is really good. I have a poem similar- No Words. Great to have your voice return.
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November 17, 2020 at 3:32 AM
Oh no this is so sad... sorry to see you had this experience..
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