Awaiting
News
Awaiting news of our daughter’s surgery,
holding back fears with passionate tears.
A stifling cloud
of portentous dark gloom
obscures everything except soft murmurs.
Myriad behind us; how many more ahead?
Terrified each occasion, waiting for news.
Through the door a gaunt, green apparition,
oracular revelation of the rest of our lives -
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