Pain Like Lightning

Sharp knife in my skull
Jagged lightning quick 
Pain whistling away my breath
Bitter scream silent behind folded hands
Blind eyes in a second of a second
Sliding slowly out of bone
Pain slipping like water through the cracks
Out and away in the air
Left clueless and in wonder
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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August 17, 2013 at 8:01 PM
Torment....raw....in the moment...
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