Redux
achy, chills, fever
want to puke
what a crappy day
Originally posted October 29, 2018, on I Write Her.
Redux
achy, chills, fever
want to puke
what a crappy day
Originally posted October 29, 2018, on I Write Her.
Inspired by Sadje’s What do you see #128
the cobwebs of the day grew thicker
even coffee proved useless
after three ten-hour shifts
mucking around in and on the bodies of those ravaged
by detrimental accidents necessitating ER visits
an assembly line of in-home, highway, work, and all other accident producing places
a mild laceration from slicing oranges
to a hand versus garbage disposal situation
or fists breaking windows following jaws broken by fists
to anaphylactic shock from eating peanuts
using a scale of 1 – 10
i witnessed and fixed hundreds of every number
i was exhausted
it was time to go home
my decision to stay for the third shift
may not have been my best
as i watched cones laid around
my mangled car
the overturned truck and its driver
unconscious but thankfully breathing, unlike me
my dead and bloodied body on the pavement still
the red life liquid from my corpse almost reaching the closest cone
if only i’d stayed in my lane
the great debate
a miracle or a poison
sparing more lives
or dooming future generations
we are fraught with anxiety
but it’s prescribed to allay fears
helping or hurting
time will let us know
the world weighs me down
it’s become my enemy
please do me no harm
vanity led
gross disfigurement
greedy doctors
botched bodies
eager saviors
healing wounds
repairing harm
restoring normalcy
grateful patients
regretting decisions
blame themselves
screw vanity
almost too afraid
to see what the reality is
cutting myself off
to existence
stopping the spread
saving my fellow man
feeling like a hero
hearing of others dying
melancholy interjected with pride
the new reality
is a confusing dichotomy
where do we go from here
self-medicating
holding on by a thread
staying the course
level-headedness
whilst feeling adrift
a unique sign of the times
Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #128
every negative situation
has the power
to become a positive force
for cultural shift
lives are lost
but lives will be saved
in the future
from what we learn
life’s path
takes a different turn
our day to day changes
becoming a new reality
gleening a possibility
of hope in this evil’s demise
in the following days
it begins during these troubled times
Inspired by VJ’s Weekly Challenge #88 – Domino Effect & Sadje’s What do you see #21
this natural disaster
is bringing us to our knees
even those who lead
or inspire us
are shedding tears
losing hope
breaking down
not able to guide
the few strong
of us left
this domino effect
a chain reaction
to the unknown
makes us all feel
like tumbling down
#Whatdoyousee
brain plasticity
neuroelasticity
mine, such a hard nut
waking to a cloud
the depression strikes again
remaining in bed