Separate Survivors
John G. Young, M.D.
The view from the sixteenth floor
is spectacular
but far from others
who walk the beach
and swim the ocean.
I see my wife,
looking down longingly
through walls of glass
from her adjustable bed,
and witness pain--
her life a window,
not a door.
The water is warm
in the pool,
the kids noisy
but my daughter,
can't hear them
call to her
with her aids off
to swim.