HOSPITAL DAYS - 1

The morning light is a different colour
And the air is different too.
People here are mostly old
And not as able bodied.
It was daunting at first
To be asked by a nurse if I needed
A walking aid!  I feel as though
I might dissolve into this soup
And become the newest
Common denominator to be
Fed, watered, weighed, drugged
And/or whatever comes next.
It is not a holiday. Life isn't either.
I keep telling myself that
Over and over again....
Usually just before I nod off
To sleep again... where I can
Speak with some strange and
Wonderful travel companions
In Hypnagogia's la la land.

 

 

© Griffonner 2023

 

 





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Written on 2023-12-01 at 16:32

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MIRZA AHMER BEG The PoetBay support member heart!
Get well soon! A beautiful write
2024-02-20


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2024-01-29


Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
Beautiful. Finding wonder in daunting circumstances is so powerfully human
2023-12-03


Sona The PoetBay support member heart!
ha ha
i loved the way how you say it. at one point of time, i used to be in and out of hospital pretty frequently and for long periods and that too in some faraway town from home. But i was so young and naive then. Its only in retrospect that i can think how it was but still i dont dwell.
Thank you for this poem. Please be there, Allen and keep writing such beautiful poems.
2023-12-02


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
this is a great poem, and a tough, tough subject ~

wishing you well ~~~
2023-12-02


Alan J Ripley The PoetBay support member heart!
Hospital days life amongst the bedpans,
Drug induced weekends to give the nurses days off.
As Maurice chevalier would say,
"Ah yes I remember it well".
2023-12-02


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
You've done a great job of describing hospital life, Allen. It's strange, alienating, idle, but not relaxing, and then there's the opiate-induced delirium.
2023-12-01


Ingvar Loco Nordin The PoetBay support member heart!
I'm not often hospitalized, but was in 2018, when a horse got a little bit too engaged and threw me off, which is when I broke my back badly - and I recall my feelings and thoughts in the hospital, after the air transport to Umeå University Hospital. It is similar to your sentiments here. I'm glad you're back with your texts!
2023-12-01