Art: Alexander Wagentristl, @elekrocher 

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

A cry into the world

One out

Sliding in sliding out

Faces behind the glass

A naming

An identification given

The answer yes

The statement no

 

A blue blanket

Yellow tape

Liquid flowing down

Pain

Screaming

Elixirs

Ailments

 

A call light

A light calling

A prognosis

Strange hands

 

A moment says

Caution

Congratulations

Someone somewhere

Is giving a high five

And a cigar


About the author:

Alex Ewing is a graduate of Howard University.  Her poems have appeared in Poetry Superhighway, Dying Dahlia, Star 82 Review and more.  She lives in Central Ohio.

Art: Alexander Wagentristl, @elekrocher 

In the artist’s words: 

Alexander Wagentristl is a student of Philosophy in Vienna.