Lifeless

Nursing in Venice

Collapsed at my feet,

without the slightest

sign nor warning.

There you laid, breathless,

in the corridor that led to

the crisp summer air.

My knees took a hit to the

floor as I reached my anxious 

hands to your brittle chest, 

compressing, to the beat

of soft whispers from my lips.

I felt your ribs breaking

beneath my palms as I

signaled for the doctor. 

When the machine arrived

and said those three words,

I knew, saving you had failed. 

Death simply took you at 

the palm of my hands.

Reviews

[Stephen]

You've a better way to give a shape to your feelings into words.

[paddy d daly]

the last two lines say so much, sounds like a real life experience, either way, well written...

[Imogean Tweetie]

Ver poignant. Life typically has an uncertain ending and at an uncertain time. Are you are nurse, it sounds if you may be. Breaking of ribs during CPR or a flu code is common. Good writing about such a tragic event, rather it be a real memory that occurred or fiction, it resonates as very real.

Imogean~