Best Dialysis Poems

Life was beautiful
Typical teenager
Junior year 2003
Living life’

Walking the halls
Feeling confident 
One morning 
Walking up the stairs
Lost my breath 
Fighting for air

Went to the clinic
Test said...

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I wake up early Monday morning
still cold and dark outside
eat my breakfast, take my pills
sit and wait for my ride,

arrive at the center
get comfortable in...

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I walk with my sister and we are young
And her knees are less broken; they swallow
petrel calls and soon we are
equivalent. I call these my...

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When we embrace success for the first time
When a child encounters her father after a long time
When a poor hungry boy nudges a food
When friends...

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This is a story of a child and her mother,
About love that is irreplaceable like no other,
The child always does numerous mischiefs to ponder,
But the...

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When I was once broken in spirit and full of sorrow
I had no thoughts of sunshine for my tomorrow
I remember those lonely and cold days...

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It's Not About Me

In England my mom was a nurse during WW11
Caring for Americans and British soldiers tis true
Hearing her stories was my inspiration
Registered nurse...

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My Wish For You

My dear sweet friend, I know you’re suffering
And live each day as best you can for now…
So young to be afflicted with...

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Cabbie with A Heart

This latest news about a selfless taxi driver…
The kindness out of his heart is a source for wonder ….
In the daily business...

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Whats real is the way we make each other feel
Whats real is my heart you quickly did steal
Whats real is my life I'll share with...

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I have prayed,and prayed hard, for the deaths of 2 people. Lest you think me a criminal, an explanation: one was my mother-in-law, a frail...

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Techno-scramble
the ramble of cars on sheet metal
Tall walking for sledge hammer rhythm

The dialysis of t.v. dramas
and hospital soup delivered on time
A team of managers examine

Mortuary
Dead...

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My mother, oh my God
This woman was extraordinary
The woman who gave birth to me
The woman who took care of thee
My mother
This woman was extraordinary
A loving...

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The call came at my sister’s apartment
The woman said, “We have a kidney for you”
Waiting so long, I knew what it meant,
Years of dialysis, finally...

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For Sonny, my late husband and my love for 30 years

I never knew just how empty life could be,
Until the day you could no longer...

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