Choking

I remember choking on steak for a long duration

I remember the fear I had in that situation

No one around me would help through my complication

So I just held my neck and waited through the suffocation

People arose and stared as if standing in ovation

While I coughed and pleaded through my anxious aggravation

My eyes were wide in shock begging them for hydration

Why did they just watch me as if I were some decoration?

I remained still as I held my breath in cogitation

How could I have asked for help, what a stupid expecation

I couldn’t wait till it was over, that damn hallucination

I finally spit it out and they extolled congratulation

What a relief to breathe, what a glorious sensation

Then we all went back to our previous conversation

This reminds me, five more weeks until graduation.