Guilt's Living Tunnel

Guilt's Living Tunnel by Odin Roark From one's everywhere-platform An onrushing subway beckons attention Strange colored lights constellating Rising from infinite subterraneous distance Its massive black face bearing down An overwhelming colossus Seeming to push crushing air From the prodigious tunnel Like a piston filling a cylinder Nightmare's relentless all-steel demon Plunges its compressed fetid iridescent odor Spewing vermin essence at this desperation Standing frozen upon the tracks Blood flows not its normal route Choosing instead to flood the intellect Second-thought rationale quickening Synapse signals colliding Adrenalin reserves exploding A lunge to safety Prostrate upon platform Roaring beast passing behind Daring eyelids open Suddenly... Awake A bed of cold sweat Engulfs a battered heart The loving eyes of conscience knows patience Its warm presence gently caresses the exhausted mind Questioning not the guilt But consoling pain's resolve Knowing relief remains Beholden to time