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Between Light and Shadows
by Suzanne Madron
Fading consciousness
Interspersed with a screaming arrhythmic beep
A polygraph of birth
The silent child blue and staring judgement
“Breathe.”
The blue baby glared, stubborn
“Breathe. Don’t make this all for nothing.”
The sound of sucking air into virgin lungs a symphony of life
The allure of sleep on the fringes
Doctors and nurses yelling as the room darkened
And the red spilled onto the floor
It’s a boy.
Fiction © Copyright Suzanne Madron
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
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