watch
as the air begins to shatter
whining as the upset day
imperfect nature cries
as the pain begins to show
happening so instantly but
lasting an eternity
to push the pain away
stinging hot acid
drizzling down my face
watch
as the lights grow louder
and louder
and louder still
until everything grows still
silence
wasting expired time
and nothing more is said
or thought
the glass hurts no more.
June 1994
(Published in the National Library of
Poetry's "The Long and Winding Road"
copywrite 1997)
