Hospital Visit

The outside world does not exist
When you’re ensconced inside.
The rules of weather, time and season
Cannot be applied.

The news is of no consequence;
For movies, it’s the same,
The focus resting on the walls
And what they seem to frame.

The steady beeps of monitors,
The padded nurses’ feet
Provide a soundtrack for the scene
To make it more complete.

To patients stretched out on the beds,
The visitors on chairs
Are welcome interruptions
To which nothing else compares.

The hours drag on with friends’ farewells;
The captives wait or sleep
While lulled into submission
With each rhythmic beep…beep…beep.