She Will Try Again to Recover Again

A fence of green palings.
An overgrown garden.
Tall hollyhocks. And no one.
The dense trees
moving in closer.

A sick woman lies on a bed.
Always there.
Someone speaks.
'It is time again
for it all to begin again.'

'And how can I leave here?
I have been here so long.
So long.  And how can I stay?
with It licking the glass
of the cracked pane.'

'Who is this It?
that you fear so?'

'A matted beast
whose name is Hope.'