fall.

[_i_shot_andy]

-hospitals
-hospitals
-hospitals
-what sarah said
-icu
-pneumonia, sepsis, kidney failure, dialysis, intubation, sedation, bedsores
-waiting
-crying
-forcing my mom to sleep and eat
-the constant weeping of others in the icu
-the feeble beeps of the dying
-hurt feelings
-failing classes
-dropping classes
+
+
+he opened his eyes
+
+
+he left the icu
+
+
+rehab, physical therapy
+
+
+
+
+he came home.
+he is home
+he picked me up at the train - and i cried just thinking about how he may never have done that again.
+he is alive.
+he is alive.
+he is alive.

my greatest fear was that something would happen to my father.
what do i have to fear, now?