From Lydia

Lydia Brattin posted this on her Facebook page today:

I was straightening out my room earlier this week when I found my composition notebook from 1st semester Creative Writing class this past year. In it was an imagistic poem I wrote on September 11th, 2015, about seeing Hayden in the hospital on August 21st. Hope you enjoy this poem.

When we reached the hospital
A crowd was gathered in the lobby.
We asked for an update on you, but they said that
Arrangements were being made.
At first, I didn't get it, but tears
Cascaded down my once-cheery face
While my heart slowly started to sag.

A few minutes later, my family walked down the twists and turns of the corridor
To your room.
When we turned the corner into your room,
Where you laid lifeless on the bed.
After my parents had taken their last look,
I stayed in the room a little longer.

With my hand on the rail of the bed,
I wished you could hear me, but you couldn't.
I wished you could see me, but you couldn't.
I wanted to kiss you, but I couldn't do that
Without getting into trouble.

After words fell from my mouth
And tears streamed from my eyes
I left the room and we left the hospital.