Afghanistan Prophecies
Tick tick tick tick boom in an instant
macerated flesh would be the last images
of me I never wondered just what damages
would occur from a car bomb being ignited
right in my face my limbs were so cold as
I lay there the smell of citrus surrounded
me my skin began to sting from the aroma
funny looking back now reliving it all wham
the sun began cooking my flesh instantly
oddly intriguing what was sizzling dazed
in slow motion like i was under water the
first responders yelling stay with me honey
we are going to get you out briefly I awaken
frightened but alive vanity arose as I glanced
in the mirror to assess the damages I noticed
this beige pink substance splattered across
the vehicle I glanced back in that mirror realized
this was flesh my flesh blown out from underneath
my eye my eye sunk into my cheek of course
the eye socket was crushed i was in total shock
and began to put the flesh back underneath
my eye I felt sad for being so vain at the coming
of my death but how could i survive living the
rest of my life with my eye sunk into my cheek
how could I experience the same damages as
being in a humvee army tank close range in
Afghanistan wham car bomb explosion an IED
carried out on American soil a personal bomber
from a very prestigious elite bomb maker a bomb
that would travel great speed close range piercing
my eyeball blowing it to the back of my skull and
out my brain none the wiser mafia hits hiring
the best mechanics bomb makers i arrived
to the hospital doctors and nurses turned
their head a man in a suit said fix her face
just fix her face i wasn't thinking about
my brain my beautiful face my youthful
face that's what the lawyers argued she
was so beautiful wham we'll take good care
of you the bones in my face rattled swelling
on my brain my nose fractured my eye lashes
were side ways on my cheek there i was in
shock trying to save the macerated flesh to
go back under my eye it was comical i felt like
I was in a mash rerun doctors plastic surgeons
on the spot personally fixing my face the healing
began I couldn't see any brain damage bone
fragments brain matter i couldn't walk talk or
even pee my legs were heavy nightmares hearing
the explosion today I support wounded Veterans
every time I see one baring the same scar as I why
I am reminded how blessed I am to have survived
an IED carried out on American soil a car bomb
to destroy my brain to keep me from writing
American poetry my killers needed to punish
me for wearing wires for the FBI my killers
needed to extort my American poetry and gain
royalties by impersonating me after death to
cripple my brain once and for all although it didn't
stop me from writing typing with one finger now
but the poetry flowed even more fight flight mode
my brain fighting to live it actually helped me
cope it comforted me I asked God to forgive me
for my vanity trying to fix my face picking up
macerated flesh stuffing it underneath my
hanging eye God bless our troops somewhere
in the world another bomb has ignited the
harm the damage you never ever recover
from a bomb blast close range in your face
it took a lot to relive this and just write about
its very traumatic and painful traumatic events
severe traumatic headaches I just pray for
our troops the casualties innocent women
and children civilians I am reminded of my
wearing wires pregnant for the FBI going into
hostage situation awaiting to be killed that day
finally came seated behind a bomb with enough
force to blow my brains out through my eye
a contract hit on my life for my America poetry
revenge attack on confidential human source
I know am very blessed God bless the Traumatic
Brain Injury association and God Bless America
Copyright © Yolanda Nicholsen | Year Posted 2024
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