Pulse waving in and out
Tugging at my crimson arteries
Trying to get oxygen
Back into my bloodstream
A tense skeletal hand
Gripping my entire heart
Squeezing my organs
Until they fall apart
Lungs hollow and dark
Cavernous and breezy
For recovery
Is never easy
Pamela Snure is a senior at Cedar Crest College, a double major in psychology and integrated art, and has a passion for poetry.
Pitch - A Journal of Arts and Literature