Just One Poem by Deepak Manchanda of Delhi

Darkness quietly fading
Green red electronic remote lights around room
Staring silently; Expectantly waiting
Clock inside me biologically ticking
Remember the fragrance of last night's perfume
Fragrance of perfume?
Fragrance? I cannot smell.
I cannot smell!
I hear myself yell
For the loss of smell; The yell I cannot hear.
I cannot hear!

Into the unending darkness I stare.
To see whatever it is out there.
Darkness. Darkness. I cannot see.
I cannot see!
Deeply inhaling, I try to breathe.
As I feel me still.
Surely, I will not live until
I breathe.
I cannot breathe!

This cannot be the end.
There is a lot more to attend.
Bills to pay.
Bills to pay!

Whatever there is; there is more.
Symptoms - no more.
Just
One
More
Snore.