I hate feeling sick
My brain is fuzzy
My speech is slurred

My tongue feels thick
My limbs feel weak
I try to sleep

It doesn't happen
The sleep I need
So I stare at nothing

My eyes feel like they're bulging
My throat is clogged with snot
My neck is stiff

The sunlight strains my eyes
Lifting my head up pains me
Just laying here hurts

I feel my head ache against me
Like my brain is pushing against my skull
Stinging with needle-like pain

I try to breathe but my nose burns
The dry air feels like a desert's
Causing my nose to turn red

I try to get through class
But all I can do is put my head down
Otherwise someone might send me to the nurse

The pain leads to the back of my head
A feeling of getting a knife across my scalp
Feels like hair is being yanked out

My neck hurts so bad
I try to crack it but that makes it worse
It only reminds me that it won't

Even my stomach hurts
From all the mucus pooling there
Makes me even sicker to think of

I just want to sleep
I almost did in class
So why does it escape me now?