All night Long

How long have you been waiting?
you're so infirm , frail
pale , like your white gown
icy like your bed sheets
flimsy like the bed
they wheel you in
they leave you
sick , laying in the cold
you're in pain
you ask them for painkillers
but how long have you been waiting?

You're panting
clinging on to dear life
i think they forgot about you
whilst you breath your gas and air
there they are chatting
clattering away with another
whilst you're gasping
choking
how long have you been here?

you tell me to go
tell me "i'm fine ,just go"
but i won't leave this cold floor
you'll be all alone
i grab your aged hand
feeling helpless
you've been here forever
so it seems
you still smile at me when i say
you're still here

They line you up like the others
in a hallway , so cold
all of you old and exhausted
just waiting for a ward
for a bed so warm and safe
they tell me to go
"but i won't leave her"
i tell them , tears streaming down my cheeks
i'll stay here all night long if i have to.