Angels , COVERED

Verlene Y Tyree 1963 (Chicago)



Security grabbed me
Spun me around
Put restrainers on my legs and wrist
Then laid me down

I started to plea
No human heard my cry
I had to use the bathroom
They’re ignoring me, why?

Something told me
That I could slip the restrainers off
Now move very slowly
Don’t open your mouth

I relieved myself
Got back on that bed
Didn’t feel any anger
Just gratitude instead

Looked up at the Lord
And simply nodded my head.
C O V E R E D !

About this poem

There was a mistake on my wording. Restrainers instead of retainers. Oops

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Written on December 16, 2023

Submitted by Vytlocks1 on January 27, 2024

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Scheme AXXX ABXB AXAX XCXC XCA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 450
Words 103
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 3

Verlene Y Tyree

Hi, I’m 59 years old and was born in Chicago Illinois. I started writing at 33 ;however, I used it as an expression of bottled up emotion. I use poetry as a form therapy. more…

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  • EdwinRayTanguma
    Maybe you should just use restraints…Trust me…I have been there and I have done that…Although I don’t believe I needed to relieve myself…I did that before they forced me against my will to go to the Naval Hospital for treatment…✌️⛄️ 
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