Life Challenged pt 2

But he didn't really have anything else to say!
The spare rope dangled
in his
face.
It reminded him of
his
mistake.
With his blood-filled eyes, he followed the braided rope left, right.
Left, right.
Left, right.
He said something like,
"Lights, lights shine too bright."
The world -
all of them with cameras in the doorway, notepad and pens
- asked, "Good. That's good. How is your mother?"