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A Sterile Hell

Time slowly slipping by my tired eyes,
With every drop of medication dripping through my IV.
The doctor tells me he doesn't know,
When my body will be healed enough to leave.
Needle after needle puncturing my bruised skin,
The taste of chemicals on my tongue.
I quickly grow weary of waiting,
On the pain to finally go away.
Nurse after nurse coming in,
To check my pain and vitals.
Im tired I say just leave me alone,
But they tell me I am not well enough.
The smell of latex suffocates me,
Drilling itself into my memory.
Wires and tubes stretching everywhere,
Ive forgotten where they end and I begin.
What a terrible thing to feel trapped,
In such a clean sterile environment.
You only understand when you are the one in the white bed,
With machines all around you and needles in your skin.

-ARI

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  1. Date: 1/24/2013 12:44:00 PM

    Eeeeeeek... first of all... I HATE hospitals! This aroused some bad memories! I felt like I was right there in the hospital when reading this poem, it really pulled me in and kept me so engaged. Very well done- except- now I have yucky hospitals on my mind! Haha

    Ingham Avatar Arianna Ingham Date: 1/24/2013 3:26:00 PM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    Hahaha well, that was the effect I was going for. I was just released from the hospital the day after I wrote this and I was not feeling very well.