Before Meds
Before I take my meds.
There’s an hour or so,
Or so, or so.
When everything is fuzzy.
I would take a sip of water but the water tastes like the essence of sandpaper.
Then it would stop hurting.
Or so I thought.
Before I take my meds.
I would walk around my room.
As if
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Categories:
meds, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Meds
A pill rolled under the rug.
Someone swallowed it.
The man lived at one point.
Then he went under the rug to rest.
I decided to walk on the rug.
And almost tripped.
You can’t forget your meds.
They grow and grow.
Even when they’re hiding.
Like a caterpillar.
A pill crawled from under the rug.
Covered
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Categories:
meds, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Monsters And Meds
I forgot my meds last night.
I fell asleep without turning off the light.
Meds sitting on the counter.
As I lie in bed, I flounder.
My brain knows what it's missing.
I start to hear hissing.
A little growl too.
A monster that is blue.
I forgot my meds for three nights now…
I don’t even
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Categories:
meds, horror, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Meds and Rhymes
Sometimes, I forget my meds.
Before I go to bed.
I did brush my teeth.
Then under the covers I’m beneath.
Where everything is worse.
I repeat every verse.
To my life, I cheer.
As I try to steer.
But all I have is jumping higher.
I wish I was restful, instead I am wired.
At 4:00 am, wondering, if there exists a “then.”
Sometimes, I
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Categories:
meds, mental illness,
Form: Rhyme
Giving Meds To a Cat
My cat runs and hides
She knows it is time
For her to have meds
Doors must be closed
Only her door opened
She'll go under the bed
Then go hug the wall
Making herself small
Now her door is closed
She can not escape
I 'm chasing my cat
To carry her upstairs
Her meds waiting
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Categories:
meds, cat, sick,
Form: Narrative
Meds
It’s just the medication.
That makes me feel like something good is happening.
So that when sleep refuses me-
I will shut up.
And I will be pleased.
What is waiting for me outside those doors?
A family?
My family.
They don’t really miss me anymore.
Huh.
I guess I shouldn’t try to miss them either.
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Categories:
meds, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
meds, mental illness,
Form: Haiku
Categories:
meds, absence, happiness, nature,
Form: Free verse
Sumer Is Icumen In: An Update For Allergy Sufferers
Sumer is icumen in
a modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
This is an update of an old classic for those of us who suffer with hay fever and other allergies ...
Sumer is icumen in
Lhude sing achu!
Groweth sed
And bloweth hed
And buyeth med?
Cuccu!
Keywords/Tags: spring, summer, seasons, hay fever, seeds, pollen, pollution, med, meds, medicine, medical, achoo, stuffy,
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Categories:
meds, daffodils, flower, health, pollution,
Form: Verse
Saturday Shake Down On Meds
Right hand is asleep.
Eyes blurry.
Hands shaky.
Left hand asleep now.
Why am I at work?
What was I thinking?
Thank God I did not drive myself.
I do not have that kind of energy.
My body wants to wander back to bed.
But is sleep doing me any good?
Not a whole lot.
Would I be better off sitting in the sun
with a book
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Categories:
meds, sick,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Meds
it's night
it's night time
time to get off
of work
and unwind but
i have a slip not
the yellow
one mentioned
in other poems of her
but i
popped
yes just like
the corn
my medicine
and then it all begins
again
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Categories:
meds, muse,
Form: I do not know?
New Meds
I can't stay awake
My mind is about to bake
Are they trying to put me to sleep
Not taking them for my sake
My thoughts will not stop
Awake, I did pop
So forget it!
Some poems I will drop
Can't keep this man down
Hardheaded, Yea I wear a crown
And I like it!
Smile, Don't frown
It makes my hands shake
When did the earth
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Categories:
meds, introspection, mental illness, self,
Form: Rubaiyat
No Meds
I was off my meds
And bouncing off the walls
Cops showed up, Maybe the feds
Said they'd received many calls
Yelling at people I didn't like
Nothing was said back, Good choice
My confused anger did spike
I made sure everyone heard my voice
Cops want to give me a vacation
"If you come you better come deep"
"I will let you feel my
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Categories:
meds, mental illness, missing,
Form: Quatrain
Where Are My Meds
Where are my meds, must have my meds
Dreaming about zombies without any heads
So scary, I'm freaked
Leaving a brown streak
Hope I can sleep in Mommy's big bed
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Categories:
meds, fun,
Form: Limerick
My Meds
My Meds
“Take you’re medicine”
Is what note said,
What should have done
Just out of bed.
What do I do?
Read, turn away
forgot what said
Go my own way.
Go here and there
Do this or that
Feed first the dog
And then the cat.
Talked to a friend,
Another chat
Go here and there,
Then, there and back
Finally it’s night,
I see the note
Did I take pills?
Answer is,
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Categories:
meds, age, health, how i
Form: Rhyme
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