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Admission

January 16, 2023
By Anonymous

Surrounded by countless confusing forms

I navigate myself to the ideal treatment.

My pursuit of health and satisfaction has led me here.


But is this really what it will take to be healthy?

What actually draws the line between health and sickness?

How can I accurately determine what care I need

When such arbitrary things as price determine my fate?


Maybe something cheaper would be sufficient.

Maybe this is too expensive for what I really need.

Maybe I’m overdoing it.

What is best for my future?


Am I making the right choice?

Do the doctors know what will help me?

Do I know what will help me?

Do I really even need this?


Everyone expects my condition to improve,

But when the complicated decisions are left to me

I worry about what others will think.


Will they approve of how I’m handling this?

I just want to make the right decision.

This is the right decision…

Right?


The author's comments:

This is a conceit poem I wrote for submission in my AP Literature and Composition class.


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