The woman in the next room
Is screaming and screaming
Non-stop for hours and hours
How is this humanly possible
Terror screams rage screams
Some so high-pitched they
Passover into silence
For a few blessed seconds
Flooding back even louder
More heartrending
More earth-shattering
Screams for help that never comes
Screams refusing it when it does
Where is the medicine for her grief
My sorrow that it isn't me
The doctor that can heal us both