Unsteady

What did I just feel?

Evaporated in seconds,

Less than seconds,

Milliseconds.

Gone from memory.

Hazed and phased,

Holes torn in rain,

The lakes of my childhood summers burned.

x

Safety has become selective.

They come marching one by one,

Sentries in the grass.

They are hiding in the grass,

Their teeth are bared to tear.

They come marching by they hundreds,

Sniping from the castles bare.

The grass knot castles will surely fall

To water, like ice, like rain.

x

When I release the barricades I carry like shields,

I destroy grass knots and welcome sleep.

Quickly, quietly,

Don’t think, don’t feel.

Don’t panic.

Just rock yourself to sleep.

In a hammock of grass knots,

I rock myself to sleep.

The ascension from here is steep.