INSIDE AN EMERGENCY WARD

I sat by an ailing parent
amid the mingled echoes
of agonising angst
watching the goings-on.

A withered man lay wailing 
of a gangrenous leg 
demanding doctor's attention 
praying for the Lord's mercy. 

Next to him lay 
a lean, grim ,gaunt man
too tall for the ward -bed---
liver cirrhosis 
was his diagnosis. 

In the corner far off 
sat a mother in vigil 
over her son in teens ---
his neurosis 
the aftermath of a car mishap. 

A charred young lady 
on a stretcher brought 
specialists and sisters rushing 
machines and medicaments. 
Some seconds of struggle 
liberate the lady 
from human bondage. 

The sisters shout 
" Remove  the body " !
Specialists turn to depart.
Everyone in the Ward 
goes about lackadaisical 
sans a sigh of emotion 
sans a streak of affection.