Sydney Davis
Cuando el corazón deja de latir/When the Heart Stops Beating

AwardWhite Ribbon

SchoolHawken School

CityGates Mills, Ohio

TeacherHeather Nelson

InternJacqueline Graham

GenrePoem

Writer's Statement

My poem is an emotional piece that shows the effects that chronic heart failure has on the family of the patient. The poem's upsetting tone transitions into a hopeful and promising ending for the family as well as their suffering loved one