Heart
The
My
husband is asleep.
Watching
him like this feels strange; there is a defenceless aura which hovers about the
medical equipment and engulfs his powerful presence. He has resisted it and
even kept it hidden from me, but it has taken him anyway.
Sarek
has changed.
I’m
now frightened to move, worried a sudden noise might disturb him. Nurse Chapel
explained that the drugs will take several hours to filter through his system
and that if sickbay was to explode, he’d probably sleep through it, (an
unpleasant thought considering recent events.)
Yet I
am deathly silent.
Ten
minutes ago I carefully worked out that if I lace my fingers with his and pull
his arm gently upwards, then his hand would reach my lips and I could kiss his
warm skin again.
But I
also know I could feel his pulse and thus his heart … what would I do if it
stopped?