elevator

elevator

   close

    cough

cough

 

elevator

  pound

     pound

smoke

 

elevator

burn

cough

the rising smoke

curling fingers grab my

neck

cough

pound pound

pound

hot

strangle

out

a

call

 

help me ---ring ring ringing up the shaft

 

rescue

a face

in the

dark

a strange - face

 

reach reach

can not reach

cough

fall

my leg

it is bleeding

 

down

with me

another now

in

the elevator

the doors

pried

 

in

time

in time

time

 

and

push

 

I am out

gasp

I

hold the

Oxygen

breate breathe  reach

 

 your hand

pushes me away

and

 

snap

 

snap

I know

 

your life

your

life

 

with

your life

 

I

 

am

 

a daughter

I hear of a daughter

your daughter

you say

a message

for

the living

No -- no

 

no

 

Reach

reach

snap

the elevator

the cable

snap -

 

 

 

........

 

tears

 

no

 

 

how can I

 

say

what I

have

 

to say

 

living

now

on behalf

of the

dead