Wednesday’s Poetry Prompt: i can remember these days

Wednesday’s Poetry Prompt: Write an “I Can Blank” poem.

i can remember these days

I can remember seeing you in ICU

Singing Hey Nana to your ears

for your eyes to consciously find me

at the left or right side of your hospital bed

I can remember praying 

that this won’t be the last time

Praying for more time because

this isn’t how September '26

was suppose to end

Praying harder because 

I know a time like this ain't forever

I can remember from the window 

of the 7th floor 

a rainbow leaping and loping 

across the sky of Fayetteville 

no rain in sight  

only water flooding 

are the rivers from the bays 

of my eyes and my mother's 

I can remember your arm stretched

parallel to God's bow 

I counted it as another blessing

Your hand in mine 

indeed a pot of gold 

and every time I say squeeze

you gave me life that I wish that 

I could squeeze back into you

I can remember consulting 

with doctor after doctor

for a second a third to a fourth opinion 

Checking your vitals monitor & MyChart

Wishing we were younger again 

When your heart didn’t have to 

fight to struggle to keep you alive

I can remember nurse after nurse 

Watching them bathe you

I speak kindly for you

Telling them my grandma 

loves a good bath & to smell good

I can remember 

not wanting to leave your side

not wanting to be there too

until it was time for me to take you home

But God beat me to it &

I guess heaven couldn't wait

I can still see 4:44 AM in the hallway

I can still feel the awkward silence 

I can still hear she is gone 

like a broken record to my ears

I can still hear my heart break over my tears

I can still feel cold skin and thinking

my Grandma hate being cold...

I can still see a flat ART and PPV

reading of 11/ 11 (11)

I took a picture just so that I can

look back and remember: 

angels win again

💜D'ElegantOne