Apr 2016
Hello.
Hello. Hello. Hello.
A greeting.
Bland. Used. Boring.
Heard every day
day in
day out
Hello.
a stranger
a friend
a teacher
a lover
a colleague
a child
Hello.
a meaningless phrase
common
heard every day
day in
day out
Hello.
HELLO!
Exhilaration
Relief
Joy
you thought it forgotten
broken
never to be heard again
Hello!
a father
crushed by fate
by a car
feared to be lost
forever
but hello!
a greeting
a new beginning
a fresh start
with one word
Hello.
Hello. Hello. Hello.
A greeting.
Bland. Used. Boring.
Heard every day
day in
day out
Hello.
a stranger
a friend
a teacher
a lover
a colleague
a child
Hello.
a meaningless phrase
common
heard every day
day in
day out
Hello.
HELLO!
Exhilaration
Relief
Joy
you thought it forgotten
broken
never to be heard again
Hello!
a father
crushed by fate
by a car
feared to be lost
forever
but hello!
a greeting
a new beginning
a fresh start
with one word
Hello.
I wrote this poem shortly after my dad managed to speak his first (assisted) word after over three months in the hospital after a bad car accident when we weren't sure if he could ever speak again.
