Before I get into this poem, let me give you some context. I wrote this poem for my Literature and Composition class when I had to choose between a personal experience poem, a current event poem, or a love/rant poem. I chose the personal experience poem
Also, this poem talks about a condition that I had for a few months called anemia. Here’s the Wikpedia article on it:
Anyways, on to the poem:
Running Low
It kind of came out of the blue
Like a stab in the heart
It stayed hidden until it decided
It was time to reveal itself
It was my freshman year
When I ran track
And my times dropped
like I was running flat
I thought that I wasn’t used
To the amount of effort
That I was putting in
And this had an effect
On the times that I was recording
When end of season rolled around
We decided to see
What had really gone wrong
I had anemia
And the amount of iron
I had in my system
Was almost completely depleted
I couldn’t run in the offseason,
Because they felt I wasn’t ready
And would run myself empty
Before I ever got back to full
I spent
Those next grueling months rebuilding
to where I was before
It felt like an eternity
Like I was chained
I couldn’t go anywhere
That I wanted to go
When the iron finally
Reached the proper level
I was back in business
And could go back to what I loved doing
Without having to worry about ever
going below again
Thanks for reading my poem. I am open to any comments or critiques you have about it