Inside the sterile expanse
Where nameless faces wait,
Sharing a moment in time,
Trapped together for eternity.

The place where agony-filled air
Suffocates their dreams,
As the icy hands of fate
Slowly strangle life to death.

Anxious eyes scan the room
For a savior in white.
Rhythmic moans and stifled cries
Sing the melody of despair.

Squeaky wheels roll forward
With delicacies on a silver tray.
A token consolation prize
For inconsolable souls.