We All Die One Day I am in the hospital The dark halls narrowing around me The heavy heat weighting the day I go for the corner bed Trying to calm the panicky thrumming Of the fickle bird encased in my ribcage Rain falls Dampening the clinically white lights Causing dull sullen faces to fade Blankets rustle As I adjust the crude needles Connecting wires deep, grazing bone In the distance Monotone bleeps can be heard Along with muffled moans We lay in silence Facing this penultimate reality Our appearance a story of it's own Faces show Blue shadowing under-eyes Or another's sunken cheeks Bodies shrunk Hidden from families anxious eyes Stick thin under the sheets Focus lost To the days that blur together As months go by instead of weeks
