Black Poetry : Total Eclipse Of The Sun

alyce

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June 10, 2002 ~ a day to remember ~

I felt a change before I saw the shadows
bend into an eerie slant across the pavement
I couldn't hear the birds anymore
I wasn't even aware they'd stopped singing since morning

The colors of my day ran together;
spotted and mottled like classic monet
and I shielded my eyes against the faceless glare
nothing was the same, not even the sound of my
own heels ... strange and hollow
with a 3 second delay after I touched down

The trees leaned away as if blown by the wind
but the absence of air caused me to gasp and wheeze
all motion wound down as I struggled
to move in an impossible direction
against an unyielding force

The only sound were the sirens blasting in my head
so loud I could feel my pulse beating in my temples
as the beads of sweat formed upon my brow
I was unable to cry out; my tongue was too heavy
& my lips refused to part

With the only strength I could find in my body,
I straightened my back, in defiance of the evil which
threatened to push me down
lifted my face toward the smoldering sky

and looked the sun dead in the eye

Alyce (c) 2002
 

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