Emergency Room

Having an opportunity to spend time in an emergency room gave me an view on a raw human experience.

A parent and friend came in..in clothes that were..comfortable..close by..jeans..aging sweater..hair showing evidence  of a morning blow dry.. at close to fourteen hours later..

Tennis shoes escorting them to the information booth..asking questions like..."do they check pockets
if a person is brought in unconscious"..said in a most articulate and polite manner.."what are the ways
they try to identify who is brought in"

I sat in an institutional chair and cried..about another kind of pain that comes with loving someone