Broken.
He was broken,
Lying in his hospital bed;
Barely conscious,
But just enough to hold on,
Reality slowly slipping through his weak fingers;
He was plagued, you see;
Infected with an uncured sickness,
Just like everybody else,
Dying one by one in this god forsaken hospital;
He already lost his father;
They towed him away yesterday;
Now they're worried about his mother,
He knows;
They don't speak about her in front of him,
They don't want to worry him,
But he knows;
Too weak to talk to her,
But they have a bond that no sickness can break,
He knows
He's slowly slipping too,
Falling deeper into a dark shadow
Where his father waits;
He doesn't want to go,
He's too young to go;
His mother is coughing again;
If he could just walk over to her,
Hold her hand and tell her everything will be alright;
She's speaking now,
He tries to listen,
But he can't make it out;
She isn't talking to him;
He tries to look,
But he's so weak,
Straining his neck takes too much concentration,
He's too weak,
But he knows what's going on;
But does it matter now?
He knows she's going to die,
He can feel it,
He knows;
They're wheeling her away;
He tries to reach for her,
Hold her back to stay with him,
But he can't reach,
She's too far away,
Lost forever;
"Mom,"
He tries to whisper;
The realization hits him;
His father is dead;
His mother is dead;
He becomes frantic,
He's all alone now;
He knows;
Tears slid down his cheeks,
Taking no effort;
Suddenly, he's weightless;
Maybe he's passed away, too,
And he'll be with his parents again;
It feels like he's flying,
Still too weak to open his teary eyes;
But then he's grounded,
And a sharp pain stings his neck,
A fire blazing,
Spreading through his body;
This isn't heaven,
He knows it's not,
Only hell you burn in death;
What had he done wrong?
Were his parents in hell, too?
Where are they?
He's calling them,
He wants them,
But they can't reach him;
He's crying;
He wants to be with his mother and father,
He wants to be with them so badly;
But some how,
He knows he won't;
The fire is burning harder now,
And he's alone;
Without his parents,
He feels completely
Broken.