I see her face in my dreams
Reach out to stroke her hair
My hand closes on air
Sleepless
I light another cigarette
Watch as a column of smoke rises to the ceiling
And remains
Dreamless
I watch the late night news
And as a volume of smoke rises to the ceiling
Joyless
I cry another rivulet
And as the cloudlet of smoke covers up the ceiling
I fall again in dream
Reach out to touch her heart
So near, and yet so far
An empathic young nurse driven to help and heal others since childhood after watching her mother languish for months before finally succumbing to cancer, Aziza Lopez abhors cruelty and suffering in any form. When she is assigned comatose patient Davi
Sandie Angel :o)