Hospital Visit
Taylor Bradley
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Every night as I brush my teeth I keep replaying the moment before The hospital called It was 3:14 am My eyes opened for no reason And I sat up in bed Waiting for something An aftershock of an earthquake that Hadn't happened yet A familiar area code With an unknown number Forced my screen awake Vibrating blue light and persistence "You need to come home" I packed up my car again, robotically And drove 3,006 miles to see her again My first morning back in LA It was raining The city grieved my return with me But the street names and traffic patterns Welcomed me back with Open arms and a familiar heartbeat Six-feet away Our arms remained empty Our chests felt nothing but our own Caged organs, nervously keeping us alive It made my bones ache When I arrived, I was pulled aside To be debriefed "The city is sick It may not recover Take your time" And just like that I was left alone with her "Thank you for not letting us die alone Thank you for sitting beside our Overpriced hospital bed Holding our hand Reassuring us that death is nothing to fear It is the only thing we are promised Thank you for writing your name With a clumsy Sharpie On a guest sticker For your hair to get stuck to We needed you here Thank you for paying $15 To park for two hours 20-minutes of which will be spent Checking in Riding a series of elevators And walking long, sterile hallways To find our room We haven't had any visitors in a while The only company we've had is The Price is Right in the mornings And Wheel of Fortune at night We always get the puzzles wrong Maybe we should have finished college Everyone's leaving they say People are scared we're contagious And everyone's afraid to die It's lonely here There's nothing to do when we can't sleep at night Just watch the headlights reflect off our windows Growing and shrinking with distance We listen to the sounds of our organs Pushing blood through the veins of our city Traffic on the 101 And listen to machines tell us We're still alive Kind of Legally Thank you for the magazines I hear the cafeteria food isn't too bad The chocolate milk is delicious It reminds me of simpler days Bare feet in wet grass Sunburned cheeks and tangled hair The smell of chlorine When did we stop drinking chocolate milk? Anyway... Thank you for not being afraid of me I know I don't look so well My eyes aren't familiar anymore But filled with fear Distant and cold and brimming with loss But I'm still me You can tell by the wrinkles in my forehead The shape of my ears The roots of my hair You just have to trust that my nose and mouth Are still in their same designated places Just a little worse for the wear I just need a little time to get better To rest Just like you Then maybe, I'll be okay There's room enough for two up here The sheets are soft and clean And the nurses are kind Don't leave me again My heart is still broken My lungs are too thin To survive the sound Of another goodbye Stay Take off your shoes Unpack your bags Pay the extra for overnight parking The zipper on your suitcase broke Your clothes burst forth Clamoring for solid ground The hot pavement they had grown accustomed to Let them breathe again Get a dresser A closet A lease Palm trees don't offer as much shade As oaks crawling with Spanish moss Or maple trees with precarious golden leaves Or skyscrapers dripping with window washers But you've grown pale Draw the curtains, won't you Let in some sunshine It feels nice on my legs They keep it so cold in here I understand why you left It's okay I had grown weary too But I was scared when they told me How bad it was And you weren't here" I stared blankly at the linoleum floor The angular wooden armrests On the ugly dark blue chairs Hoping I would think of something to say Something better than "I'm sorry I was scared too But I didn't know how to come back yet I had just left" So, I sat in silence Thinking "I called to say hello But it wasn't enough I'm no longer afraid I'm sorry I ever was Forgive me I've been tired a long time I mistook running for rest And now I'm exhausted Out of breath Hands on my knees Panting Trying to slow my heart rate To match the stillness of my feet But I did it I got home before the streetlights turned on And it gets dark so early now" My mouth finally opened But I couldn't pull my gaze from a small cluster of dust Behind the front wheel of the bed "The nights are longer than they used to be But that's okay More time to sleep beneath the stars To learn that graveyards aren't frightening To appreciate the sound of our neighbors having dinner To remember" Her eyes were closed And I sat perfectly still Making sure she was breathing Then trying not to wake her Wishing I had said something sooner
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