GOD IS IN THAT ROOM.
GOD IS IN THAT ROOM RIGHT NOW.

Everything’s fine. I walked around the house. It happened at midnight. 
The call from Don came at four. Y’know I don’t have any idea anymore 
what time it was. I was inside it was dark.

        I had a dream before the call:
        standing around the empty hospital bed and Don is on his feet
        beside me. I hear a voice saying, God is in that room.

God is sitting inside my body like a cabinet 
I said it myself I said it in the dream 
Everything is returning 
to normal everything 
is pulling in like water creeps inside of itself 
at the edge of the world 
everything

I walked around upstairs and downstairs with my hands like headlights 
saying, Don is in that room again, I promise Don is sitting there waiting.


[POETRY]
[07/28/25]
BERNIE BRIDGES is a writer and filmmaker. She loves unlimited refills, small dogs, and when someone helps her with a small task in a gentle and quiet voice. She doesn’t like when other people whistle.