You wake me tonight
rattling chains
like Marley’s ghost
but there’s no death
in this haunting.
I hear your anger
as you grapple
ankle cuffs
that bind you
to your hospital bed,
I hear you warning
your captors,
and demanding
a release.
I hear the throb
of your heart
against my ribs,
your breath is strong
and rising
from my mouth,
your voice
becoming my own
as I cry out
against a madness
that was never yours.
reubenwoolley 