Verses: Nosebleed

A blank piece of paper is once again presented to me

In the middle of a discussion I can never clearly see

It's disturbing how more than a year has already passed

Since I've written any poetry or prose that would forever last


And here we go, they're talking yet again in confusing gibberish
To enter this doomed dungeon, I no longer dare to wish
Vast yellow canvasses and scriptures in black all around me now
And four whining witches asking insane questions of whys and hows

The clock is going tick tock way slower than its usual pace
Every person is like a corpse in motion after a night of relentless haste
Oh how I wish this torture would already come to a glorious end
Just so another mind numbing regime could begin once again

Half of the class is singing the national anthem in silence and mockery
Atop a pedestal, all four conductors are ecstatic with amusement and glee
Amidst the biting cold of this four-cornered cell, the temperature is bound to rise
A rally against the baton holders, some of whom are eternally despised

The day is nowhere near its prayed for peaceful slumber
There's still deafening sirens to listen to and heads to hammer
My brain cells are going numb from all this insanity
May this day end well, may they all have pity




**Brief Background: Written during our 2nd year Nursing RLE classes where the four groups of our class are tasked to create and present a Health Care Plan (written in Manila Papers posted all around the room like a wallpaper). There are 4 Clinical Instructors in the room who all seemed intent on finding errors and inconsistencies no matter what. The poem is about my frustration and how I wanted that day to just end.


Photo: Doodles_1 by Rskeik