Post by anirbas on Jul 4, 2019 21:56:25 GMT -6
moments intense dark and navy blue
surge with the lightning crackle
of raw adrenalin through veins
rip rip rip rip rip rip
AK-47 sounds echo through hallways
empty of all but the hammer of heartbeats
multiple holes blossom in asymmetrical
jagged connect the dots graph patterns
of reality against a once blank peach wall
where you had been standing before you made
a lateral move and stepped around the corner
but outta sight outta mind ain't working tonight
you can hear them coming so you run down the dimly lit
hall trying to make it to the next intersection for another
swift sideways move when a child steps into your line of vision
now you got 'enter sandman' lyrics hoarsely shouting in your head
competing with the high pitched screams of the pajama clad little girl
standing squarely in your get away path like a tiny pink mac truck
you know ethically and morally you're not getting around
reacting instinctually you shove her out of Harm's Way
and Death's pitiless gaze simultaneously pivot about
meet that stare instead head on service weapon gripped and aimed
when your meth crazed nemesis steps into view you feel the spew
of lead crossing your torso rip rip rip in staccato contretemp
to the single round you squeezed off that went wild
before being blown forcefully backwards from the rap rap rap
of Death's knuckles against the double doors of your rib cage
flat of your back head lolling to the side last thing your eyes
register a door opens a long sleeved intense dark navy blue
uniform clad arm reaches out wards and the child disappears
inwards even as you fade to black inside yourself
knowing you did your best to Protect and to Serve
you wonder why the hell you're now hearing
the lyrics of Metallica's 'Hero of the Day'
serenading the twisting miasma of your last thoughts
as they float away into the intense darkness of the nothingness
~Anirbas aka Sabrina.
surge with the lightning crackle
of raw adrenalin through veins
rip rip rip rip rip rip
AK-47 sounds echo through hallways
empty of all but the hammer of heartbeats
multiple holes blossom in asymmetrical
jagged connect the dots graph patterns
of reality against a once blank peach wall
where you had been standing before you made
a lateral move and stepped around the corner
but outta sight outta mind ain't working tonight
you can hear them coming so you run down the dimly lit
hall trying to make it to the next intersection for another
swift sideways move when a child steps into your line of vision
now you got 'enter sandman' lyrics hoarsely shouting in your head
competing with the high pitched screams of the pajama clad little girl
standing squarely in your get away path like a tiny pink mac truck
you know ethically and morally you're not getting around
reacting instinctually you shove her out of Harm's Way
and Death's pitiless gaze simultaneously pivot about
meet that stare instead head on service weapon gripped and aimed
when your meth crazed nemesis steps into view you feel the spew
of lead crossing your torso rip rip rip in staccato contretemp
to the single round you squeezed off that went wild
before being blown forcefully backwards from the rap rap rap
of Death's knuckles against the double doors of your rib cage
flat of your back head lolling to the side last thing your eyes
register a door opens a long sleeved intense dark navy blue
uniform clad arm reaches out wards and the child disappears
inwards even as you fade to black inside yourself
knowing you did your best to Protect and to Serve
you wonder why the hell you're now hearing
the lyrics of Metallica's 'Hero of the Day'
serenading the twisting miasma of your last thoughts
as they float away into the intense darkness of the nothingness
~Anirbas aka Sabrina.
