Mechanical Breath

Giggles replaced with mechanical breath

Hands planted on hips now sprawled to the side

Sparkling eyes closed like in sleep

Wide grin now a mouth hanging slightly ajar

Snooping ears, inattentive

Teasing tongue, silent

Clicks and beeps the only speech

Flashing screens hang in the corner 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i definitely do not want to be in this situation...with a machine keeping me alive...if i can't do it naturally, then turn off the machines...i don't want to be clicks and beeps...that is not really being alive.

i also see this in a different way...metaphorically...as if we can still be living and walking around but are so heart dead that we might as well be on life support...

either way...really good piece.

j.

[RedHairedWarrior]

Mm. I like your metaphoric interpretation. It wasn't in my head when I wrote this--I was writing of something more personal and less abstract--but I like it.