Disease S.U. , Poetry by Darrell Herbert

 Genre: Life, Society

 

When I was thirteen I was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer disease
It would make me lose a substantial amount of weight
And bleed
And bleed
And bleed

From my mouth
I vomited on my doubts

I lost my ability to feel anger, sadness, or nervous
If I did, the pain would attack
It would start from my chest, it would sometimes travel all the way to my back
It felt like a heart attack
An attack I was unable to counteract

I lost my ability to make friends
They would see me twitch my body over, and over, and over again
The pain caused them to leave
No cure for such a deadly disease
Yet, my heart and my weight loss never turned a new leaf

Hate feeling like someone is stabbing me from the inside out
Pissing me off, piss in your mouth
While…