Melt Away

In a stark white hospital room, she is playing the piano. I thought of her vibrant rhythm as freedom. Before I knew it, I started going to the hospital, gradually becoming attracted to her. Days of the ensuing summer. Yet, I had forgotten. Something very important. The fact that happy everyday life does not last forever. That it can be abruptly shattered by the sudden appearance of something invisible. "Hey, I might die soon."