Goosebumps

i’ve goosebumps bold and shrill pinpoints that peak my arms once relaxed and warm but shadows reveal boy and father silhouettes alongside the jagged fireplace stone and a creaking uttered in the bowels of the floor underneath. i’ve goosebumps bold and shrill pinpoints that peak i slowly breathe an icy breath as if room temperature’s dropped below freezing. i’ve goosebumps bold and shrill pinpoints that peak recalling how my cousin saw the chair rocking with nobody there. i’ve goosebumps bold and shrill pinpoints that peak but from my innermost place, i slap myself a couple times: ‘put your big girl panties on’ i turn up the lights *broadway on steroids* and call down peace. for though i can believe in such things, my greater belief supersedes. my arms are once again warm — flesh and blood prevails! 11/6/2019 Goosebumps Poetry Contest Sponsor - Delilah Ventura