Get Well Soon Poem by Jamie Bassett

Holders of grudges release their tight grips.
Shaking hands mend broken relationships.
The hopeless become faithful.
The elders assume their positions.
A mother tries bargaining with a higher power.
Her husband hurls his son's only recovered possession across the room.
Their daughter forces the "Get Well" balloon into the bathroom.
Hands unite around a body of which was once more than just flesh and bones.
He still gasps for air but he is not the boy they knew the day before.
The faithful become hopeless.
As the dreaded noise sounds his sister locks eyes with the ground.
Her father breaks his Soprano persona and lets his emotions flow.
His wife sobs.
Some shudder their "goodbyes",
Others refuse and end with a "see you later".
His sister destroys the "Get Well" balloon.
They won't be needing it.