Poems About Illness by Top Critiquers
#illness
This boot was made for walking…
Bone graft from my heel
Plates and screws
All so my midfoot can fuse
Don’t let that fool you
I still get around
I’m the sexiest bitch on wheels
And this boot
Seven weeks on my ass
Is over
It’s time to move!
Still got that strut
Not in stilettos
Yet
Plates and screws
All so my midfoot can fuse
Don’t let that fool you
I still get around
I’m the sexiest bitch on wheels
And this boot
Seven weeks on my ass
Is over
It’s time to move!
Still got that strut
Not in stilettos
Yet
#happiness
#hope
#illness
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Life's a bitch
A husband & wife living in Boston had been married for over 25 years. He faithfully visited his wife in the hospital everyday, where she laid in a coma for several months in 1985 with little hope for recovery. Distraught over the loss of his longtime companion, the husband committed suicide in their home. Hours later, his wife woke up!
#illness
#love
#marriage
#ShortStory
#suicide
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6 Comments
sometimes
it makes it difficult
to love you when you
withhold things from me
like you are keeping
secrets and things
sometimes
it is sad to see
you trying so hard
to be somebody because
we're all somebody
trying to be our best me
sometimes
we used to have such fun
you could make me
laugh till i had tears
filling my eyes
i understand you be ill now
sometimes
so many sad memories
floating in my mind
like how you stayed
out all night and
i woke up with an empty
space beside...
to love you when you
withhold things from me
like you are keeping
secrets and things
sometimes
it is sad to see
you trying so hard
to be somebody because
we're all somebody
trying to be our best me
sometimes
we used to have such fun
you could make me
laugh till i had tears
filling my eyes
i understand you be ill now
sometimes
so many sad memories
floating in my mind
like how you stayed
out all night and
i woke up with an empty
space beside...
#sadness
#heartbroken
#illness
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10 Comments
Impenetrable Membranes
An October morning is hung with a thick haunting fog.
There are stories of unmentioned entities, that shift
within the heavy mist.
The monsters that emerge from the bog.
Visible enough to the human eye
To summon my mortal cries.
Monsters don't scare me,
it's losing your mind.
There was an angel statue beneath the tree.
I felt her eyes bore into the central core of my
aching need.
In silent transmission she said to me,
You will be happy someday, just not today.
On my heart sat a crushing weight.
She said my...
There are stories of unmentioned entities, that shift
within the heavy mist.
The monsters that emerge from the bog.
Visible enough to the human eye
To summon my mortal cries.
Monsters don't scare me,
it's losing your mind.
There was an angel statue beneath the tree.
I felt her eyes bore into the central core of my
aching need.
In silent transmission she said to me,
You will be happy someday, just not today.
On my heart sat a crushing weight.
She said my...
#strength
#hope
#monsters #illness
#monsters #illness
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13 Comments
Fragile
Fragile in feeling I am weak
Wisdom is bringing me low
assailing my strength
such a bitter brew
I cannot stand against Him
shivering in my vulnerability
with reminders of my mortality
A chalice of humility
drinking from his loving cup
I implore why
given no answers
I go forward
Picking up the pieces I have left
fractured hope glares at me
suffocating my fancy
I choke on my own tears
they scald my face
leaving scars all too apparent
Wisdom is bringing me low
assailing my strength
such a bitter brew
I cannot stand against Him
shivering in my vulnerability
with reminders of my mortality
A chalice of humility
drinking from his loving cup
I implore why
given no answers
I go forward
Picking up the pieces I have left
fractured hope glares at me
suffocating my fancy
I choke on my own tears
they scald my face
leaving scars all too apparent
#love
#illness
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Corona Blues - NYC Love Story
My wife quarantined for 33 days
The first week was bad
Then she got slowly better
Enough so that we would take walks
Mask and gloves on
The whole time she was sick we were vigilant
Never letting up on hygiene and sanitizing
My black shoes have bleached souls
We are super careful
She still got sick
6 days out of quarantine and she’s had a relapse
I’m cooking again if you can call it that
My wife is a super caregiver
She takes care of cooking and cleaning and works part time
Walks dogs too
I work a...
The first week was bad
Then she got slowly better
Enough so that we would take walks
Mask and gloves on
The whole time she was sick we were vigilant
Never letting up on hygiene and sanitizing
My black shoes have bleached souls
We are super careful
She still got sick
6 days out of quarantine and she’s had a relapse
I’m cooking again if you can call it that
My wife is a super caregiver
She takes care of cooking and cleaning and works part time
Walks dogs too
I work a...
#love
#marriage
#illness
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22 Comments
the bitch is back
covid has re-entered my system
snuck in like a thief in the night
temporary hold on my life
and everything hurts
but my lungs are the worst
an elephant sitting on my chest
wondering will my next breath be a gasp or a wheeze
when it rattles into me
working my inhaler overtime just to survive
danced this set before
I didn't want to move to this tune anymore
back to the meds & the bed
catch y'all on the flipside
snuck in like a thief in the night
temporary hold on my life
and everything hurts
but my lungs are the worst
an elephant sitting on my chest
wondering will my next breath be a gasp or a wheeze
when it rattles into me
working my inhaler overtime just to survive
danced this set before
I didn't want to move to this tune anymore
back to the meds & the bed
catch y'all on the flipside
#illness
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Collateral Damage
Enough will be enough.
Every minute an eternity in agony.
Sadness, no longer the mainstay.
Fury!
Dreams of vows fulfilled, never more.
An act once acted upon is synonym to a lie. Retraction no longer an option.
Is there a point to baring one’s soul?
Will shattered pieces of pledged love, only unto thee, be reparable?
Drunken slurs of disappointment turn to need.
To not be a duo feels crueler.
Nothing will be enough. Constant injuries birth selfish wantonness.
...
Every minute an eternity in agony.
Sadness, no longer the mainstay.
Fury!
Dreams of vows fulfilled, never more.
An act once acted upon is synonym to a lie. Retraction no longer an option.
Is there a point to baring one’s soul?
Will shattered pieces of pledged love, only unto thee, be reparable?
Drunken slurs of disappointment turn to need.
To not be a duo feels crueler.
Nothing will be enough. Constant injuries birth selfish wantonness.
...
#betrayal
#illness
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38 Comments
MY HEALTH GETS IN THE WAY (INSPIRED BY TRUELOVER'S POEM)
#erotic
#rhyming
#illness #IMissYou
#illness #IMissYou
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Weary and Tired
I am tired and weary of shouldered burdens
my soul is weary of the disappointments
and matters I cannot openly confide
its like a stone necklace or a heavy crown
life's trial faced full of adrenalin
wears me out and cast shadows
in my days a badly written poem
on old parchments full of scratches
I was graced with love's tender touch
once upon a time and in the past
green and yellow tinted the windows
of the soul and solace and peace departed
dreams are uncharted wishes mere words
akin to puffs of energy in...
my soul is weary of the disappointments
and matters I cannot openly confide
its like a stone necklace or a heavy crown
life's trial faced full of adrenalin
wears me out and cast shadows
in my days a badly written poem
on old parchments full of scratches
I was graced with love's tender touch
once upon a time and in the past
green and yellow tinted the windows
of the soul and solace and peace departed
dreams are uncharted wishes mere words
akin to puffs of energy in...
#illness
#WritingPoetry
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10 Comments
COVID time
COVID 19 got me and gave me
three days breathing oxygen.
Who thought this up?
All I can do is sleep and
wait for you to call me
I need you to come and
visit me but you can’t.
no one is allowed to visit.
I am thankful for the
nurses and staff who
are risking their health
to care for me.
I try not to ask for anything
as they have too much to do
and I need only your call
and your love to keep
me sane.
I leave the hospital
with another three days
of pills to fight off
the last crap of this ...
three days breathing oxygen.
Who thought this up?
All I can do is sleep and
wait for you to call me
I need you to come and
visit me but you can’t.
no one is allowed to visit.
I am thankful for the
nurses and staff who
are risking their health
to care for me.
I try not to ask for anything
as they have too much to do
and I need only your call
and your love to keep
me sane.
I leave the hospital
with another three days
of pills to fight off
the last crap of this ...
#depression
#family
#illness
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6 Comments
It Is What It Is
How do you catch an elaborate hoax?
By lying so much it’s like flipping a switch,
And now that the plague is at your door,
As you choke you understand Karma’s a bitch.
But this was never a put-on or a joke,
It’s the reality the world is facing,
Maybe you’ll feel a different kind of presence,
A figure outside with a scythe is pacing.
The universe is telling you something,
If you lie to the world then you seal your fate,
Eventually everything catches up to you,
We all know that and it’s not up for debate.
Perhaps your...
By lying so much it’s like flipping a switch,
And now that the plague is at your door,
As you choke you understand Karma’s a bitch.
But this was never a put-on or a joke,
It’s the reality the world is facing,
Maybe you’ll feel a different kind of presence,
A figure outside with a scythe is pacing.
The universe is telling you something,
If you lie to the world then you seal your fate,
Eventually everything catches up to you,
We all know that and it’s not up for debate.
Perhaps your...
#dark
#corruption
#politics
#death
#illness
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DU Poetry : Poems About Illness by Top Critiquers