Her world softly, silently <br />Implodes, as the import of <br />The doctor's words, delivered in <br />Quietly apologetic tones, echoes <br />Down the thousand mile <br />Corridor that has opened <br />In her breast. Images of <br />Wedding day dances and <br />Cinema trips, holidays by <br />The sea and the time they <br />Got caught in a cloudburst <br />While walking in the hills. <br />A nurse hovers in the <br />Background, holding a board <br />For the doctor to sign <br />As all around, unheard, the hospital <br />Hums, buzzes and clatters <br />Unknowing and busy while <br />She falls forever.<br /><br />Martin O'Neill<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/complications-10/
