Sometimes I feel as if my life is going on without me. All my friends from school seem to be going off to college, preparing for the life that they wish to lead while I’m still stuck at home because of my weak health. There are still so many things that I want from my life; moving to New York, having friends who’ll go out to dinner with me, and having a career that I will love for all eternity and maybe become my whole life. I even want to go to college one day, though it is hard because of my epilepsy, Pans, and celiac disease. People just don’t know what to expect from these things and having to worry about gluten and cross-contamination doesn’t make it any easier since college food is surrounded by flour and fried food. I hope you enjoy my poem about how I feel.
I watch the winds pass through the trees,
As I see my whole life passing before me.
Everything I do, I am told to,
My breath a fury of another’s command,
As I watch the beauty of human nature
Defy the laws of nature and fly.
They fly through the winds and through the sky,
Seeing the beauty of the world
And all the walks of life,
While they leave me standing stranded,
Missing out on life’s great flight.
