Un-welcomed guest

by Masked metaphor   Jun 26, 2014


Sticky, slimy phlegm, cobweb my airways,
Taking up residence in my nasal passages.

Blocking out the freedom of breathing,
extracting the essence of healthy living.

Tablets, sprays and pills quench my insides, "a notice", to tell them they are not welcome.

They do not take their landlord kindly, so they multiply and mutate across the barren wastelands of my immune systems society.

They declare war against my sinuses, retching havoc up and down my croaky vocal cords.

They build their own defence walls of mucus, that catacomb the walls of my oesophagus.

Puss coloured liquids cataract my eyesight, sealing my eyelids shut with conjunctivitis.

Barricades and boulders of dried up snot, suffocate the normalcy of smooth breathing in the night watches.

These unwanted guests have out done their stay it is time to get them to evacuate...

Blown away into tissue hatches or down the swirling whirl pooling drains of h2o's clutches.

These un-welcomed guests finally leave, although taking their sweet time...

The landlord is happy of this eviction, as my insides are now free to relive and revive.

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  • 10 years ago

    by LittleMsPink

    Is it bad that this kinda made me laugh a little? 0.0
    Anyways... my mind is a mess cx
    And.. this is really well written
    I enjoyed reading it. 5

  • 10 years ago

    by Lune de ma vie

    A striking piece! You really described the illness infecting your body in such detail. The words that you used to piece together this poem were such a heavy-duty dose of realism, you really explains all of the insanity that goes on when one is sick in a really artistic way. I loved how you put it together in a way that it's a battle, a war or something along those lines. Great job as always.