The waiting room at the hospital
Full of people
Some are happy
Some are sad
Yet there is anger in the room.
You see a family;
Maybe a dad, mom, and sisters
But it's really a daughter, two aunts and the little girls dad
They look fine on the outside
what are they feeling on the inside?
They are sad yet happy,
They are waiting for the news to come.
They don't know how to feel just yet.
The doctor comes to the family
He says "she's stable for now"
They get happy until he says,
"The time is limited."
They are choking on the tears
The small family realizes the time they have is precious.
The doctors lets them in the room.
She lays there still
The family doesn't care.
They look at her listening to the beeping.
They know she still has time,
But how much.
The waiting is spent listening to the beeping of her heart,
But it slows
they call for a doctor.
He tells them to leave,
Go wait for the news he says.
The family goes back to the waiting room.
The room has smiles here and there,
But yet you see frowns
Doctors coming and telling news like robots.
The family waits hours for the news
At last the doctor comes out.
His face blank.
He looks at the family at says,
"Sorry, but she's gone."
The family breaks down.
They know she isn't in pain anymore,
But they are
She was their glue
She held them all together
She made the family work
Without her they are nothing
They think of all the people they have to tell
They walk to the car with tears in their eyes
They get to the car,
They all pile in.
They sit not saying anything.
They all silently cry for the loss they just gained.
