Funny what runs through your mind sometimes....

Patiently waiting
i hear my heartbeat
in my ears
eyes closed
limbs still
skin so pale
hair black as night
loose and free all around me
yet i hear them whisper -
"look at her
her lips still as red as the red,
red rose."

I'm waiting for my love
to come to
touch my hand to
brush his lips across
my cheek
my forehead
he will come to me
even if i must wait
forever
lying here in state
just to hear him say -
I'm here
I love you
Leave this bed of sleep
for light
and wait for me
in the garden...

i smile to myself
although no one sees
as the nurse pulls the needle
from my vein
applies a bandage and
silently leaves the room...