The landline rang breaking<\/p>\n
the silence of the quiet morning,<\/p>\n
I awoke, but didn’t get up,<\/p>\n
It felt like a forewarning.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
It’s shrill song pierced my ears,<\/p>\n
I froze on my bed, eyes filled with tears,<\/p>\n
My mind screaming over the racket,<\/p>\n
‘Ignore it, it will make it not real’<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Mum’s in the hospital,<\/p>\n
Tubes down her throat,<\/p>\n
She can’t be getting any better<\/p>\n
If someone’s calling at 4.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I hear my father pick up,<\/p>\n
His silence is loud and clear,<\/p>\n
I hide under my blanket<\/p>\n
Wisps of hope destroyed by mounting fear.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I don’t want to hear it,<\/p>\n
The terrible news he brings,<\/p>\n
I shatter, I break when he speaks,<\/p>\n
what I knew had happened from the very first ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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