Doses and Diagnoses | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Doses and Diagnoses

Doses and Diagnoses

December 9, 2013
By Anonymous

We are doses
and diagnoses
and pills and pills
that rob us of pain and thrills.
We are hazy children,
mindless, spineless, sedated,
shuffling through this shell of an existence
voiceless,
choking on the drugs
shoved down our throats
by grave men in white coats.
It has been sixty years
since our bloodstreams have been clean.
We have labeled human a medical condition.
Medical histories like dog tags,
we will forever be labeled “broken.”

© Anonymous

The author's comments:
Luckily, the people in my life understand that I don't want to be doped up. But too many of my friends and family have gone through this, where they were practically raised on prescriptions, and it's not okay to tell a child they're bipolar because they'll go home and research it and decide that there's something wrong with them.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Pretentious
By Kimora Braithwaite
Indian Trail, NC
Poetry
To a Brother Growing Up
By imperfection GOLD
Gilroy, California
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
17 articles 9 photos 45 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as though you&#039;ll live forever, live as though you&#039;ll die today.&quot;<br /> ~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

View profile
Poetry
Never The Same
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
My New Beginning
By delaney95 GOLD
St. Charles, Missouri
delaney95 GOLD, St. Charles, Missouri
11 articles 5 photos 5 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Ending
By OurFrost GOLD
Galt, California
OurFrost GOLD, Galt, California
10 articles 1 photo 4 comments
View profile
Poetry
Summer Day
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s never to late, if it weren&#039;t for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 1 comment.

OneProzacADay PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 15 2013 at 11:55 pm
OneProzacADay PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
37 articles 0 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are the universe expressing itself as human for a little while.&quot; -Eckhart Tolle

View profile
I just wanted to clear up that bipolar is just one example, that this can happen in any situation. Also, I am not saying medication is never necessary. I have witnessed first-hand that it can be, but it is far too casual, like we are just trying to plug the holes and too lazy to address the real problem.