Sense

in #poetry6 years ago

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sense

i saw

the lights flashing in the sky on the night the moon hung full and low and red sending portents of despair through the glass in my room

i heard

the engines stutter and hum as they circled the block both overhead and underfoot pulling us from the comfort of sleep

i smelled

the stale sweat of anticipation and eagerness and fear and gunpowder and blood and woe

i touched

my hands to my head and sank through the snow to the asphalt below

i tasted

the saltwater of tears as another heart ceased to beat

Sumayyah Talibah © 23 January 2019

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