Vi

My dear sister Vi
Is very talented
She is
A published poet
An accomplished artist
She’s overcome
Much adversity
And tribulations
In her life
Her first semester
Of her sophomore year
At Seton Hill College
She developed
Paranoid schizophrenia
And major depression
She had intense
Delusions
She was institutionalized
For 10 months
At Mayview
State mental hospital
She returned to school
And did better
With each semester
Her final semester
Of her senior year
She missed
The Dean’s List
By one tenth of one percent
On August 31st, 2001
She finally graduated
After facing
Huge mental obstacles
And severe challenges
It was
A huge achievement
I am so proud of Vi
She is my hero
I love her
More than mere words
Can express
She got an A
In Shakespeare
She wrote 10 essays
And got an A
On each essay
The professor
Was so impressed
They shared
One of her essays
At a Shakespeare conference
Vi is my roommate
And my best friend

by Zachary Uram
(c) 2024