Transition
Flashing lights in a darkening sky. Wailing sirens drown loved-ones’ cries, and blue shirts with badges stand idly by while a family in crisis composes their lie.
Monitors chirp. A short staff is strained.
“To OR, stat.”
“We’re losing him again!”
After hours of blood, sweat, fear and tests, a higher power prescribes well-deserved rest.