“What Happens Next?” by Birdie D. Stringfellow

I don't know, for goodness sakes.
Do we remove her from life support?
She has a living will, you know.
They are gathered together in her hospital room,
discussing this and planning that,
discussing some more, for goodness sakes.
What happens next? The doctor arrives.
He stares at us, then drops his head.
It's over now. The decision that never comes.
Your mother didn't make it, he says.
So now we know. It's out of our hands.
That, for goodness sakes, is what happens next.