As It So Happened
she drifted through an egg timer
as if imprisoned in a snow globe
a speckle of dust in the heat of sequence
turned upside down and back again
a centrifuge of forced cohesion
control anger self-imposed consent
she slipped on the endless surface
banged her head against the ceiling
dropped to the treacherous floor
only to take a breath of despair
suspended in broken limbo and
a script written by wrath injuries
incarceration dogma and defeat
wreathed with a crown of thorns
lacerated scared and vulnerable
puncture marks and crude exclamation
of a protagonist in agony
eventually the looking glass broke
shards and fragments set her free
no shelter apart from mental pain
bruised shattered and surrendered
a barely audible voice released the void
as she gathered the grains of doubt
enforced discomposure and surprise
she realized that she was far more
than the sum of intangible parts
and picked up the pieces aware
that certainty and collusion
had not been her friends but
evil foes had ruled her sentience
scattered strew swept her skin
as if to say sift through the dredge
once the cover dissipated in the fall out
no more a shell of crushing forces
she walked away as fast as the storms
that had held her captive for so long
02nd August 2021
Copyright © Kai Michael Neumann | Year Posted 2021
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