In her illness and confusion
Dolores has spent
a rough few days
immersed in grief
for dearly beloved family and friends
both real and imaginary
who have died.

It has been very distressing for Dolores
and for us.

At night time
a baby monitor enables us
to see Dolores as she sleeps
in the darkness of her room.
But these past two nights
the baby monitor has puzzled us,
clearly showing a spot light
beaming down on Dolores
and shining a bright circle of light
on Dolores’s bed.
And yet each time I enter
I find Dolores’s room
in total darkness.

I can’t help but wonder
whether Dolores has company
to console her
in her distress?
Someone to brighten up
the darkness of her confusion?
An angel?
Or Dolores’s beloved Danny?
Who knows?

I watch the baby monitor
and I wonder.

© Claire Murray, 2nd October 2018