Two seconds
The bomb went off
Shrapnels flying in every direction
All of them
Somehow landing onto me
Two eyes glinted with no spark
Through metal bars,
Met mine
For two seconds and fled
Gunpowder clouded the air
I took cover
Behind the glass
When I came out,
Everything was gone
The door closed,
The skies dimmed,
Rain fell
Should I have ran out
To stop the blast?
There was no time
To disarm.
BOOM!
The imminent clash,
Fragments of shells
Too quickly, too deep into my skin
An engine fired
Wheels turned toward the road,
I was alone
I didn’t bleed
Even as shrapnels
Continued to explode
Within me
I ran back
To my quarters,
Safe from further harm
Too late
To stop the rapid poison of lead
Now spreading through my veins
In just two seconds
The world ended,
Time frenzied,
Tears fell
Two seconds
Life resumed,
Forever changed.
Two Seconds
📝 Natalia Go
November 27th, 2019
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