Monday, May 29, 2023

Just breathe

The bomb explodes 
Revealing the naked truth. 
Fear takes a hold, as the heart beats
Increase intensely.

Questions fill a mind that is suddenly uninhabited. 
The only sound is that thundering drum in the chest. 

Is this shock? Or is this the trepidation they said would soon be realised. 

Like the boa constrictor abandonment and despair take on a grip. 

As you feel your bones crumble and break. 
The only words your brain can remember saying.. 

- Just breathe -. 

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