When you enter a hospital
You are in a new world
requiring adaptation to
navigate the environment
Curtains on rolling tracks
Provide a modest nod
To privacy. The field is
Filled with intersecting
Tubes and wires.
Inescapable noises –
Dings, beeps, bells,
Alarms. Some comfort,
Others annoy.
Your focus fixes on a
New system of metrics
Test results and the
Continual measure of
Bodily functions
Blood pressure
Oxygen levels
Heart rate
Doses of medicine
Output of urine
Mobility of patient
