You arrive.
White coats,
Blue scrubs,
Fake smiles.
You tell yourself that you’re
ready.
Ready for the news.
News that will change your life,
or determine if you’ll have a life.
But when the words,
emotions,
studders
S
L
I
P…
Lips quiver like an unsturdy board,
Eyes fill like a brand new pool,
Heart’s heavy like a 4,000 pound weight,
Body’s cold like frozen over ice.
You pinch yourself to prove this is a dream.
But sure enough…
It’s not.
It’s real.
Very real.
Extremely real.
Then you sit there.
Like a broken bone,
not knowing how to heal from the
wound.
Gorzycki Middle School
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