The Secret ____ AKSHR

The Secret

 

The doctor’s visit is never routine. 

Something is always wrong.

 

The doctor gives me

 

a look that says you’re hiding something.

 

I wonder if he can see inside my head. 

I wonder what he’s seeing there.

Without saying a word, 

he lifts my chin, peers into my eyes.

I feel like a child, like he’s my father.

 

I’m sorry, I say.

 

He pulls the curtain closed and leaves me alone again.

____ AKSHR