Five Feet Apart — Poem
A Poem inspired by movie “Five feet apart”
The air you poured in me
through your mouth
makes my stars float and
butterflies fly with colors brighter than the lights which I stare from my pallet
I often dreamt of those lights afar
My sister promised to get me under those lights
once I get new lungs and not so artificial oxygen to breath anymore
but I lost that dream just like my sister
Until one day you stood beside me
and the other day I lost my best friend
without hugging him ever
and wiping his broken heart
I remembered that I forgot to live my life
So I decided to discharge myself
and run towards the lights in the midnight snow
I walked with you five feet apart
holding your hand with my gloves
A snowy mountain is where we lost our breaths twice
first, we were exhausted & ill
second, when our lips were 5 centimetres apart
Guess what? The rule breaker you,
followed the rules of the treatments
and backed out
while I was ready to die with your
B Cepacia
But maybe I was destined die under the snow
and get frozen forever with my stars still twinkling bright
No, you had different plans to
get me new lungs for at least next 5 years
So you pulled me out of the snow
gave me CPR to revive my dead & frozen lungs
but they were refused to breath again
and you were losing it too
At that moment, only thing that mattered to you was my pulses
so you broke those 5 long feet between
our mouths
filled my lungs with all the air you had inside you
Just when you thought you lost me
I spilled out the frozen water beside you
Last things I saw were your lungs gasping for oxygen and eyes searching for me
Next thing I know is I’m getting new lungs
not for me but for you
I didn’t want 5 more years but
even 5 more seconds with you meant
lifetime to me
First thing I saw when I open my eyes
are the lights outside my operation theatre
brighter than the ones I always dreamt
that were afar
but you brought even brighter ones in my life
Finally when I thought everything worked out like fresh oxygen
you decided to walk away
so that you can save me again
and every day until these new pairs leave me just like you did
As you walked away I thought about your touch
Read full poem here : https://www.writingmyheartout.com/five-feet-apart-poem/
