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March 28, 2013
By flyingthecoops SILVER, Windsor Heights, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
There is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

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I’m choking on my own mistakes
Clawing my throat raw
Medication
Drowning
Consuming me
“It may cause drowsiness”
Implying eternal sleep
Even though I cannot help it, they mock my voice
Is my forehead hot or my hands cold?
Immovable, unchangeable
Unsave-able
Test precedes test
It’ll pass, they says
Silent cries go unheard
If anyone’s listening
it’s getting harder
to breathe

© Steve S., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
One year I didn't get the flu shot and then proceeded to get the flu. I basically thought I was on my deathbed for a week.
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