Emergency Room

Acrostic

E   enter the waiting chamber

M  moments seem like hours

E  everyone stays away

R  rest on the gurney

G  ghost of those that died here

E  enter and brush the curtain

N  now touches on patient

C  'cause that is all that one sees

Y  yearning to get answers

 

R  remove to x-ray

O  operative answers will come

O  open to options

M  aybe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

My husband has two emergency room visits in the last year..I just jotted down some thoughts while we were waiting...Picture is him actually in the hospital after total knee joint replacement..Sunflower

Reviews

[Mauricio Montoya]

wow to captivate all this from the title makes this a very insightful piece because this is just what goes on in the many minds of the collective of both sides. you've done a great job on the format all and all makes this an excellent write.

[OT]

oh a clever acrostic! well constructed! nice!

[Ladysue]

Oh wow this was very moving...and you captured this well...sorry to hear about your husbands knee...great acrostic!

[Moflo]

Very very clever. I think we all have Emergency Room visit stories and this can be a great guide to follow for the resulting "adventures" that come. Nice write.

[An owl on the moon]

As a boy I was a frequent guest in the emergency room... You've created such a poignant acrostic detailing both what is seen and what is felt within those white-washed walls... So sorry to hear about the suffering of your husband...

[Chelsea]

This is an amazing poetry. I love acrostic poems. I know the feeling of hanging out in the waiting room, agony isn't it??
A very moving poem.