Written for:  One Womans Quest

VJ’S WEEKLY CHALLENGE #122: THE PHONE CALL

Let your imagination run wild with this one. One phone call can change the state of things. I know I can easily think of of a number of phone calls in my life: some funny, some tragic, some bursting with promise.


Dad was in rehab, 
though we knew
there was not much
they could do.  Water
built up, organs were
failing.  We went to
see him and held
his hands.  His eyes
fluttered, body shook.
We corralled a nurse
who assure us that Dad
would be much better later,
after more nutrition 
was provided.  We left,
already bereft, feeling
like we should have stayed.
Back at Mom's, family
gathered.  Within ten
minutes, phone rang.
The nurse told me
my father was gone.

VJ’s Weekly Challenge #122: the phone call