POEM STARTER
Survival
Write a poem based on the theme of survival.
fear & confusion
There are moments in your life
Where you question your own existence
Where you wonder “am I dead?”
Or if you are dreaming
Today I woke up,
And my head spun around
I could only see a blue wall
Could hear no sound
And yet,
there was a ringing in my ear
And as I reached for the wall
I hoped things would become clear
They didn’t and as I kept reaching,
The world went black,
And before I could process it
I was falling
I didn’t know it then,
Not entirely,
But it was an out of body experience
Like I was not me
I didn’t know I was falling
Till the milliseconds from which my but hut ground
And all I felt was chaos
Inside and out
The world came back,
Fuzzy around the edges
Until all I could feel
Was the way I held my breath
My hands shook,
Just the slightest bit,
And I didn’t realize I was crying,
Not till I felt it
What had just happened to me?
Something you can’t process
It was unreal, something out a movie
But my God it was terrifying
The falling felt endless
Like I was falling into a never ending pit
Leading to where
I would repent for all my sins
The world blackened out,
my perception shifting
From the world in front of me,
To seeing myself falling
It’s never been this intense
And it didn’t happen in a couple weeks
I’ve never been the kind of kid
Whose had issues, no not me
Never me
How could it be me?
Why me?
God I don’t know
They say it may be anxiety
Blood pressure, low sugar
Vertigo, and more
But I still think I’m ok
I have to be
No way
Can I have an issue
Then all that will happen is people trying to fix you