Cinquains

I like the cinquain - it lends itself to descriptions, or in this case 5 descriptions that tell a story.  The cinquain is 5 lines with syllable counts of 2,4,6,8,2.  This one was prompted by watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy and remembering my own experience.

Night Shift

Dimly,

the ICU

is accompanied by

an electronic symphony

at night.

The staves

mark themselves with

rising and falling lines

now harmonic, then discordant

at night.

Each voice

ignorant of

any conductor’s hand

sings out - spike up, drop down

at night.

Written

by hearts and lungs

with random arias

of page or phone - breathe in, breathe out

at night.

We sit,

anticipate

that singular flat tone

that signifies the end of all

movement.