By: Henry Slone, MD

I watch the chest,

listen for the heart;

I open eyes,

and I close them.

Image Credit: TORCH, Significance of the Body, Mixed media on unstretched canvas,

By: Emma Fenske, DO

I could still walk several blocks with my dog,
though I was haunted by the weight loss—
weight I couldn’t hold on to.

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By: Alex Belzer, MD

she feels my breath in the silence

we feel her death as if violence

when I can no longer give air

i will be there

Image Credit: Back of Mindego Hill, Stephanie Maclean

By: Ellen Clark, MD

I carry upward and onward for you

Image Credit: Saatchi Art, by: Isiavwe Ufuoma Works,

By: Henry Slone, MD

Six points on a map

I can trace with my finger:

down, up, then across.

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By: Henry Slone, MD

she got very quiet

as I took up space in the corner

with nothing left in my toolbox,

just two empty letters

after my name

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