Trauma

My breathing has become slow and shallow now

My body and mind exhausted, worn down

From days upon days of heightened senses

And the height of the trauma has been reached

Hit its climax, senses having been stressed

So strong, and so long

Heart racing, body shaking, hyperventilating

Mind exploding

At the thoughts of you

And I can barely keep my eyes open to write this

Weary and weak

The motor burned to a crisp

Blackened and charred

Barely ticking anymore

Like an endless row of fireworks

Rising up from the ground

Whistling as they soar up and up

Higher, higher, higher, one after the other

And finally exploding with deafening force

Talons of piercing light shooting out, flashing and crackling away

With every memory brought up

They begin anew

With such ferocity

The town awakens in fear

Now with the fading of light

I’m left here, nearly dead

The skeletons having been dredged up from the murky waters beneath

Exhumed, leaving the silt and detritus to settle

And me, looking around at the bodies

Shell shocked

Not knowing where to go from here

9/8/2013