Sirens scream
Rips the tranquility of the vale
Just another ambulance
Again
The price of living near a hospital
Sometimes the choppers come in low over the hill
Throbbing with the urgency
Of a gunship under fire
In the night
It’s worse, startling really
To feel the house shake
Not knowing
What mangled body
What interrupted life
Which child of the universe
Is about to be
Rushed into surgery
Rushed into recovery
Or to infinity
But the tranquility of my vale endures
Against the horrors all around
Against the amplified and pervasive sound
Of sirens, cars and you and me
Of all that life can throw
In this general direction
Tranquility is timeless
Complete in itself
Free
Free from worry, concern or attention
Free from care
It just is
David Trudel © 2012
