A FRIEND IS WAITING
The hallway was littered
pizza curry menus a smoorgasbord
a smell as of cats
the stairlift absent
perched atop the incline
and at the top finally
Bernard was upright in his chair
as per usual, but absent
wrung out of life
one hand caressing the carpet.
A sergeant first on the scene
had distractedly pressed the mouse
on the cavernous desk
life went on as per usual
messages cut through the gloom
alerts for attention
friends online
waiting waiting
wanting wanting.
Bernard now apparently unfriended
his recent life unexpectedly ended.
A constable drew the curtains apart
and all seemed suddenly about to start.
raypool
Sat 11th Jun 2016 10:51
Thanks David for your comment. I feel like the invisible man at the moment, so very nice to have got a response
and I rewrote this three times to simplify it. The curtains letting light in was just an idea to compound the situation that the process of change will start on the physical level and the march of the internet yes ! A slight teaser maybe at the end. Thanks .
Thanks also Lynn Bless yer. x