By Galadrial
Date: 2001 Oct 23
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Heart Triage

I find myself working the emotional ER,
where all come fearing the worst.
Scalp wounds are messy,
but usually not serious.
Bones broken are easily set---
but oh,
the Heart triage is worst,
where something can look like nothing
and kill that sucker dead
in nothing flat.
And it does not matter
if the condition
was lifelong
or a recent acquisition---
it still cuts at the soul
to watch hearty
bleed out before your eyes.
And comes a time
when you wonder
if that hurting in your chest,
lightness of breath
ache somewhere odd
is something trying to punch your ticket.
That's the moment---
the money shot---
when we all know for certain
whether or not
love was enough.