A/N: Poem about waking up in a hospital only to find out that you can't move or speak or anything. Not as scary as it sounds in this intro, the poem may be too light hearted-but please review and tell me what you think. I wrote it for English class and we had to do it with a rhyme scheme.

The first thing I see is bright, white petals
That blind my eyes from any other view
It’s a new sort of vision that settles
One that is filled with a strange new hue

I don’t know how I am seeing
These flowers because I can’t even shift
But somehow I maintain just being
My mind wanting so much to continue to drift

And suddenly the room fills with sound
But my eyes stay locked in an unmoving position
No matter how much I want to look around
Being able to move is the most important mission

It hits me so suddenly that I hear the monitor screech
I now realize that I am lying in a hospital bed
The information has just now been able to reach
But I know it could be worse, I could be dead

I know it must have been my fault, I think
Even though I don’t have any memories at all
And there is some major missing link
Something that I know that I must recall

So here I lie, having only recently woken
But no one else seems to notice this
To them I am still all too broken
But I don’t know how my open eyes they can miss

I continue to stare at the white lily
Having no other choice to choose
Unable to move still makes me feel silly
But as long as I don’t die, I have nothing else to lose

Kara