Hospital, 11:43am

You were frail
in the hallway
in a wheelchair
skin, bone, sadness
in the hallway
i didn't want eye contact
i saw pain, felt fear
yours; perhaps mine
cancer, somewhere within
destroying, killing, ravaging
you were frail
in the hallway
in a wheelchair
i walked by
will it return?
will you die?
shut the door
will i die?
keep walking
when? how?
shut it tightly