Poems About Illness Seeking Friendly Advice
#illness
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IDryad
IDryad
Poem Published
14th Nov 2024 9:46am
14th Nov 2024 9:46am
Fugging Flu
I was struck down with flu
when the world once vibrant
was shadowed by fear
as a certain virus danced in the air
whispers of illness crept in
strewing fearful frightening scenes
shadows grim eclipsed all hopes
bring out your dead
faces masked with strips of material
everything felt so dreadfully surreal
eyes darted into everyone’s faces
are you ill, are you contaminated
my kin put to sleep
my other kin went to slumber
all never to awaken
ending in a common grave for victims
I prayed not...
when the world once vibrant
was shadowed by fear
as a certain virus danced in the air
whispers of illness crept in
strewing fearful frightening scenes
shadows grim eclipsed all hopes
bring out your dead
faces masked with strips of material
everything felt so dreadfully surreal
eyes darted into everyone’s faces
are you ill, are you contaminated
my kin put to sleep
my other kin went to slumber
all never to awaken
ending in a common grave for victims
I prayed not...
#faith
#illness
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6 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
16th Oct 2024 1:18am
16th Oct 2024 1:18am
Sick
head heavy like stone
sandpaper lining my throat
can't keep my eyes o....
.
sandpaper lining my throat
can't keep my eyes o....
.
#illness
#senryu
#sleep #suffering
#sleep #suffering
144 reads
4 Comments
FeNyX
Poem Published
8th Oct 2024 7:24pm
8th Oct 2024 7:24pm
Torture
As I lay trying to fall into slumber
I note my throbbing hands in silence
In time with my beating heart
Searching the inner and outer worlds for peace
For that turnoff to slumber that refreshes
To rest easy
To calm oneself
To be renewed as I should ... supressed
Feeling the notion of rest slipping away into the aether
Replaced by numbness
Numb to time
Numb to pain
Numb to care
Uncomfortably Numb
Delusion replaces thoughtfulness
Derangement rashness
Am I dreaming?
I wish it so
Am I...
I note my throbbing hands in silence
In time with my beating heart
Searching the inner and outer worlds for peace
For that turnoff to slumber that refreshes
To rest easy
To calm oneself
To be renewed as I should ... supressed
Feeling the notion of rest slipping away into the aether
Replaced by numbness
Numb to time
Numb to pain
Numb to care
Uncomfortably Numb
Delusion replaces thoughtfulness
Derangement rashness
Am I dreaming?
I wish it so
Am I...
#illness
#love
#MentalHealth
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0 Comments
down2dirt
Poem Published
26th Sep 2024 00:48am
26th Sep 2024 00:48am
homo unius libri
I found it on a dark ramble
down long halls of doors
listened thru but never opened
my one bare foot drug on marbled floors
a door opened, yet not by me
inside I twirled in curtain filtered sunlight
the only furniture in the middle of the room
and on it sat a most marvelous sight
it’s texture on fingertips felt devine
it’s square shape beautifully pleasing
a thick shell over thinner pieces puzzling
yet begging to be pulled was so teasing
fingers curled under I lifted the top
it swung open revealing hidden treasure
black on...
down long halls of doors
listened thru but never opened
my one bare foot drug on marbled floors
a door opened, yet not by me
inside I twirled in curtain filtered sunlight
the only furniture in the middle of the room
and on it sat a most marvelous sight
it’s texture on fingertips felt devine
it’s square shape beautifully pleasing
a thick shell over thinner pieces puzzling
yet begging to be pulled was so teasing
fingers curled under I lifted the top
it swung open revealing hidden treasure
black on...
#illness
#nightmares
94 reads
3 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
25th Sep 2024 3:46am
25th Sep 2024 3:46am
surgery day snapshot
Nerves make me a weirdo
I don't know whether to laugh
or cry
so instead I space out so hard
the receptionist has to call my name twice
In pre op I can't decide what to do
so I daydream, listen to music
put on an erotic cowboy audiobook
and people watch
pretending not to think about
other people's sex lives
I want to be anywhere but here
never mind that I've been waiting
8 months for this surgery
If drown my thoughts in erotica
and inappropriate thoughts about
the secret sex lives of...
I don't know whether to laugh
or cry
so instead I space out so hard
the receptionist has to call my name twice
In pre op I can't decide what to do
so I daydream, listen to music
put on an erotic cowboy audiobook
and people watch
pretending not to think about
other people's sex lives
I want to be anywhere but here
never mind that I've been waiting
8 months for this surgery
If drown my thoughts in erotica
and inappropriate thoughts about
the secret sex lives of...
#healing
#illness
#loneliness
146 reads
3 Comments
missjem56
Poem Published
10th Sep 2024 1:00pm
10th Sep 2024 1:00pm
Bloody Aliens!
Was it a charm
not charming
nore charmed
That caused such harm
harming
definitely harmed
To my arm
not arming
feeling disarmed
Or a curse
or the verse
that made it worse
Or maybe
During an alien abduction
or an alien seduction
perhaps they placed me into suction
But never the less
My poor arm, is under...
not charming
nore charmed
That caused such harm
harming
definitely harmed
To my arm
not arming
feeling disarmed
Or a curse
or the verse
that made it worse
Or maybe
During an alien abduction
or an alien seduction
perhaps they placed me into suction
But never the less
My poor arm, is under...
#aliens
#funny
#illness #satirical
#illness #satirical
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0 Comments
Her
Poem Published
7th Aug 2024 8:43am
7th Aug 2024 8:43am
Strength Comes Slowly, Hope Sometimes in Slivers
#confessional
#determination
#hope
#illness
#prose
99 reads
15 Comments
Her
Poem Published
23rd Jul 2024 7:49pm
23rd Jul 2024 7:49pm
Today is World Sjögren's Day
World Sjögren's Day is celebrated annually on July 23rd as a day to spread awareness about this life-altering disease while also raising valuable funds for Sjögren's research, education, and advocacy.
It’s a day where patients are encouraged to use their voice to educate those around them and to help spread the message that Sjögren's is a serious, systemic, and prevalent disease. And it’s meant to put a face on the millions of people living with Sjögren's or who suffer with symptoms but who are not yet diagnosed.
Sjögren's Syndrome is a...
It’s a day where patients are encouraged to use their voice to educate those around them and to help spread the message that Sjögren's is a serious, systemic, and prevalent disease. And it’s meant to put a face on the millions of people living with Sjögren's or who suffer with symptoms but who are not yet diagnosed.
Sjögren's Syndrome is a...
#CallToAction
#confessional
#illness
222 reads
17 Comments
sc_rosemary
Poem Published
18th Jul 2024 5:01am
18th Jul 2024 5:01am
The Black Pond
Trapped from the start
She tried to reach for the stars
When she was held behind the bars
Hoping to see a glimpse of the sparks
With a flick of her wand
She stumbled across the pond
Wondering what was lurking
Underneath the motionless surface
She was so intrigued as it spoke
And made shapes in different sizes
After revealing its secrets
It sunk back into the darkness
The pond gently lured her in
To see the great mysteries
Beyond her imagination
Along with the greatest transformations
She tried to reach for the stars
When she was held behind the bars
Hoping to see a glimpse of the sparks
With a flick of her wand
She stumbled across the pond
Wondering what was lurking
Underneath the motionless surface
She was so intrigued as it spoke
And made shapes in different sizes
After revealing its secrets
It sunk back into the darkness
The pond gently lured her in
To see the great mysteries
Beyond her imagination
Along with the greatest transformations
#bipolar
#confusion
#illness
#insomnia
#MentalHealth
157 reads
2 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
17th Jul 2024 4:55am
17th Jul 2024 4:55am
Catch of the Day
I should have won a prize:
a giant ugly lime green teddy bear perhaps
My aim was flawless
I filled the cup
cleanly
perfectly
only one drop on the side
(which I of course politely tissued off before putting the labeled container in the little window)
After the act was completed
I thought of the title
Catch of the Day
And there is no greater purpose than that
for this dopey poem.
a giant ugly lime green teddy bear perhaps
My aim was flawless
I filled the cup
cleanly
perfectly
only one drop on the side
(which I of course politely tissued off before putting the labeled container in the little window)
After the act was completed
I thought of the title
Catch of the Day
And there is no greater purpose than that
for this dopey poem.
#funny
#illness
#WritingPoetry
173 reads
11 Comments
sommerthe1st
Poem Published
12th Jul 2024 6:59am
12th Jul 2024 6:59am
Vomit
Words are such disgusting little things
I hate how I vomit them
How painful it is to retch them onto the page
Pages upon pages of useless words
How they clump and chunk themselves together so randomly
I wish my words were water drops
Could drip down the page
To find each other, swallow, become one
Instead, these nasty words
Sit like sick
Viscous and chunked in the bowl of my skull
I can feel them even now
Little whiskers brushing against the bones of my forehead
Bouncing around the bony plates and sutures ...
I hate how I vomit them
How painful it is to retch them onto the page
Pages upon pages of useless words
How they clump and chunk themselves together so randomly
I wish my words were water drops
Could drip down the page
To find each other, swallow, become one
Instead, these nasty words
Sit like sick
Viscous and chunked in the bowl of my skull
I can feel them even now
Little whiskers brushing against the bones of my forehead
Bouncing around the bony plates and sutures ...
#confessional
#illness
#learning
#LifeStruggles
#PersonalGrowth
150 reads
2 Comments
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
28th Jun 2024 00:56am
28th Jun 2024 00:56am
germs and flannelette pjs
We've had the flu
and you haven't kissed me
in two weeks
and I don't give a fuck
if we're sick
I just want you to kiss me
I've made a new habit
of hugging you around the waist
my face pressed against your arse
it started as a joke
and now it's just a different way
of saying I want to be close to you
I finger your flannelette pyjamas
and kiss the shoulder seam
wishing my lips could find skin
but you don't notice
as you play games on your phone
and tell me to please not cough on you...
and you haven't kissed me
in two weeks
and I don't give a fuck
if we're sick
I just want you to kiss me
I've made a new habit
of hugging you around the waist
my face pressed against your arse
it started as a joke
and now it's just a different way
of saying I want to be close to you
I finger your flannelette pyjamas
and kiss the shoulder seam
wishing my lips could find skin
but you don't notice
as you play games on your phone
and tell me to please not cough on you...
#illness
#love
#lover #rejection
#lover #rejection
190 reads
7 Comments
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