Choked

A Poem by Trailblazer

Juncture knit together with my life.

Choked

It was the month of april,
When it all got started,
Had a consultation with the doctor,
He gave a date and then we parted.

Then came the date of the thing,
20th april if i aptly remember,
With lot of things in mind,
We headed for the clinic of the doctor.

Reaching at 9 in the morning,
I was more anxious but excited too,
Don't know if it was foolishness or courage,
But that's what the mind of a 12th standard student can do.

You'll have to wait all day long,
Said the bald doctor,
Just change your clothes for now,
And we'll have the operation later.

Then in the bed, i waited,
From morning till noon & noon till evening,
Seeing other live operations on the TV,
Through that door i saw my operation waving.

3 injections felt like many,
When anaesthesia was applied,
Oh! This pain on the back,
Was like i hypothetically cried.

Now came the time of tension,
When the operation commenced,
Although i don't remember much of it,
It felt hammers on my nose danced.

My sober state was a bit shaken up,
When it all concluded,
I was pulled back to my old bed,
And all clouds of tension now faded.

I had to breathe from my mouth now,
Which was against my will,
Coz they inserted 1 metre of bandage,
On each of my nostril.

Give him something to eat,
Said the doctor now,
I had trouble eating bread and milk,
Coz the condition was pretty low.

It was the time to rest,
As night had already begun,
I slept with much uncomfort,
Not knowing what was about to happen..

It was past midnight and
I had company of my brother,
He had a tough task of waking up all night,
As we had nobody else to bother.

It was bound to happen,
As sleep took him into her arms,
It was not his fault though,
As he didn't predict any upcoming harm.

Now comes the point of interest,
When trouble in breathing went to its peak,
I torn out all the bandages,
And then went into a comforted sleep.

It was only in the morning,
I realised what i had done,
My brother waked me up saying,
All the hard work has now been outdone.

There was no extent of my freaking out,
When i saw blood spilled all over the bedsheet,
I saw those 2 bandages,
And realised the situation's heat.

What had i done,
What was to follow,
The nasal space was filled yesterday,
And now it was hollow.

To have his survey,
Now the assistant doctor came,
Freaking out he said,
We may have to do it again.

The scenes of the previous night,
Played with me in my mind,
I was worried if it would happen again,
Coz this was a mistake of a unique kind.

We went to the doctor,
The bald one you remember,
He assured me to not freak out saying,
We'll insert the bandages again altogether.

It happened once again,
This time i expected less pain,
He asked me to take care from the next time,
As this was no silly game.

Knowing it was over,
I took a sigh of relief,
Would it have been more serious,
I would have suffered more grief.

The time for discharge proved,
To be a moment of gay,
I was eager to go home,
And make the incident vanish away.

Now comes the concluding part,
I met my family, met my friends,
I hope you enjoyed it,
Coz this is how my story ends....