I Woke Up Like This

by Tilly aged 7

I look outside my window not a cloud to be seen,
I spot something particular
It was so green
I look in my mirror
I have seven dots on my face
I wonder why I’m so itchy
it must be a rash so bumpy and still
My mother warns me not to go to school
until suddenly my face becomes hot pink
my mum rushes me to the hospital
They tell me I have a temperature
and that it will soon go away
Just wait eight more days!

One Response to “I Woke Up Like This”

  • Sarah Ziman (poet)

    I remember this very thing happening to me, but it was chicken pox in my case. I hope you are better now. Eight days is a long time to be hot and itchy, but at least you got a poem out of it!

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