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#anaphylaxis
I was on the ground Airway closed Can’t fight Can’t flee Put in recovery position Blackness Then I heard her “I miss you, Won’t you visit?” She was dead But she felt so close My body felt warm Before being pulled away Second Epi People above me I wanted to go back To pay her a visit But EMS came Before I could see her
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2d ago
Jun 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM UTC
Seeing Her Through Death
It never occurred to me That one day I’d wake up sick And never get better It never occurred to me That I was born sick And would never get better It never occurred to me That when I woke up For my first day Of middle school That I was walking into A place I would almost die in It never occurred to me That doctors know Very little Compared to what We need them to know I never dreamed That nightmares would come true And my dreams would drown In pools of doctors notes As I listen to insurance Try to deny a prescription That I needed to live They said that dreams would Always come true But never occurred That nightmares were dream too It never occurred to me That I’d wake up sick And never get better That I’d be scared To go anywhere And angry at everyone For the answers they can’t give
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2d ago
Jun 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC
Sick Mornings
Let me tell you of a girl, Eating a simple lunch under a tree. Pretzel sticks, an apple, and peanut butter for dipping. The sky was blue, the sun shown bright. The kind of day you might describe As indescribably perfect, unnoticed. Walked through but not talked of. She sat embracing it as children played In a pool near by on this warm summer day. Let me tell you of a boy, Who ran to play with his friends A boy with blue eyes who couldn't swim. Running with squirt guns around a poolside, The pavement slick like ice but The child did keep caution too Until a kid behind pushed him in. Flailing arms and voices screamed out As a girl ran to see what was about. Eyes closed, water had its hold As a girl knew CPR keeping him going Coughing and coughing, maybe it could work Choking but alive looking at another with worth Only long enough to fall back out On the wrist of the boy was a medic alert. "Peanut allergy treat with epinephrine"
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Mar 25, 2019
Mar 25, 2019 at 11:11 PM UTC
Worst case scenario
Dear Ana, I feel like I've had you on my mind, this whole life. I feel like you might take me from this family, Suffocating me, cutting me out with a knife It's hard for me to understand why you follow so close, At times when I eat alone, I think of you the most, Ana. While other demons take a backseat you will never be ghost They called me a freak in school with you on my chest And Ana the nights you felt closest, Are the times I wanted to rest. When I see your face, you leave me breathless, My heart starts pounding with my mouth trembling You pull me in and whisper "let's end this" As much as it pains me not to succumb to your song, I pull your arms from my neck then you're gone, Gone in a person but there in a presence But I don't agree to that fate, yet have come to acceptance So Ana, you say you miss me and every meeting seems dire The doctors, they tell me, you're bad for my health Still until I expire you'll never retire And Ana feels access holding my throat in With one injection and slowly i count to ten Now Ana be silenced for a moment But still talking from within. Ana never leaves but keeps quiet until it's a struggle again
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Jun 24, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 at 5:37 AM UTC
Ana