Have you ever experienced a similar situation?
Aftermath
In this quiet room
People silent,
Sitting,
Uncomfortably shifting.
Settling dust of unease
Wafts in restless eddies,
Too late to contain,
Too early to forget
Haze that hovers here.
New arrivals,
Entering too far to turn and leave,
Hesitate and wonder,
Frozen in knife-cut silence,
Wishing suddenly
For freer space...
And
Almost any other place.
patspoems
Earlier in the year we sat in the hospital waiting room waiting to be called in to the consultants office for results of my Husband's CT Scan. It was a most terrifying wait and I can relate so much to your final verse. Thank God the result was good. Thanks for a great write...... Pat
Earlier in the year we sat in the hospital waiting room waiting to be called in to the consultants office for results of my Husband's CT Scan. It was a most terrifying wait and I can relate so much to your final verse. Thank God the result was good. Thanks for a great write...... Pat
robertchoward
Excellent poem that expresses moments we have all felt. The last four lines more or less summarize the last four months of my life.
Excellent poem that expresses moments we have all felt. The last four lines more or less summarize the last four months of my life.
John X. McCullagh
Evryone imagines it a different place. It made me think of a funeral parlor
Evryone imagines it a different place. It made me think of a funeral parlor
Susan Jarvis
This reminds me of a doctor's waiting room - your life in fate's hands - and I love the poem for the atmosphere and heartfelt emotion it captures
This reminds me of a doctor's waiting room - your life in fate's hands - and I love the poem for the atmosphere and heartfelt emotion it captures
nimal dunuhinga
New arrivals and the old departs,Don this's superb!
New arrivals and the old departs,Don this's superb!
Romeo Della Valle
I actually have experienced such a moment, many times in my life! As of matter of fact, Don, I just posted a a write titled A Challenge which is a reflection of this type of situation you referred to in this simple and yet thought provoking poem! Thank s for sharing! Love and Peace for always!
I actually have experienced such a moment, many times in my life! As of matter of fact, Don, I just posted a a write titled A Challenge which is a reflection of this type of situation you referred to in this simple and yet thought provoking poem! Thank s for sharing! Love and Peace for always!
well penned. last stanza, especially last 4 lines, really superb