I don't own the rights to Emergency and its characters. That belongs to Mark VII Limited and Universal Home Studios Entertainment. I just claim them on loan now and then to put them in my twisted world and see how they survive my insanity.
A is for Anxiety
I wait in the hallways, like past times before.
To hear the doctors appraisal, to know the full score.
I wait and I pray that the news will be good.
So I can tell the others soon, as they know I would.
It happened so quickly, there was no time to react.
We had to get you out, it is our brotherhood's pact.
Through the wreck and rubble, we sort and we dig.
Pieces of debris we removed, small ones and big.
I pace and I fret, wearing a hole in the floor.
I glance at the clock, the wall, your door.
Why haven't they come out to tell me how you fare?
Why don't I know yet, I can't yell out, I don't dare.
Cap' comes to me and lays his hand on my arm.
He tells me it's not my fault that you came to harm.
I know that its true, the fault is not mine.
I just need to know, is your life on the line?
I glance at the others who have gathered around.
They stand and wait with me, with nary a sound.
I cannot stand the worry for you, my friend.
This is not how it should, not how it must end.
Finally I hear the voice of the nurse.
You are no better, but thankfully no worse.
She says I can see you for a moment or two.
All know me well and it is what I must do.
I look up at Cap' and he nods his head.
I push open the door and go to your bed.
You lay there so still, as if you're in dreams.
But I know better, not is all as it seems.
I watch your chest rise, to see you take breath.
I know you will fight, to wrestle with death.
It's hard to see you, so still and so pale.
I gently try to shake you awake, to no avail.
Softly my voice calls out your name.
If I lose you, nothing will be the same.
You've been my partner, my friend for so many years.
Every day on the job we live, with our unspoken fears.
I stand by your side and watch you breathe
Please open your eyes, my face you will see.
I reach out to touch you, with a trembling hand.
You know that beside you, all of us will stand.
A moan and a stirring, tells me you are still here.
I let out my held breath, and hold back a tear.
Eyes flutter open and you try to take it all in.
You battled and fought, I know life will now win.
You look up at me and you try hard to smile.
I know from your pained eyes, you'll be here awhile.
Seeing you awake, calms the panic in me.
A smile from you and away flies my anxiety.
So who is injured and who was waiting in the hall? Whichever one of them you think the words fit best. I hope you enjoyed.
Savageblue- Please let me know if you would like me to continue to write the Alphabet challenge in poem form or in story form. Reviews of constructive crits and how I am doing are always appreciated. I do write for the love of words more than anything else.
