Everything Is Fine
I.
Everything is fine. Everything is. Everything. Fine.
Then her heart stops beating.
The world looks the same, right?
How long has it been since she's eaten?
Is she still alive?
I think so?
Everything.
Fine.
She'll come back, she always does.
Everything.
Every.
Ev.
.
She'll bounce back, it's what she does.
.
.
Goodbye.
Then you're gone, at least your soul is.
Everything inside you is dead.
You feel nothing.
You inhabit a body floating throughout life.
No direction or purpose.
That's one emotion.
Everything.
Fine.
Numb.
II.
Everything is fine.
Everything... Water? Fire? Lungs?
Not now!
She can't breathe.
Her body is on fire.
Water fills her lungs.
She gasps for air.
No one notices
It's just asthma.
She's falling into a black hole.
Everything is black.
Every limb on her body gives way.
No one saw her trip.
She's just clumsy.
Tears stream down her face.
She has something in her eye.
She gasps for breath.
Is there a smoker around?
She can't feel her limbs.
She has bad circulation.
She goes silent.
She's just shy.
She's on fire. She's on ice. She can't breathe. She can't speak. She can't think. She can't see. She can't hear.
She just zoned out.
She'll be fine, she always is.
Everything Fine.
Everything.
Not.
Fine.
Not.
Fi.
Nnn.
.
.
.
Copyright © Stephanie Oakland | Year Posted 2017
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