Brian Davey Poet Free verse

The Boiler Room

The Boiler Room



    In the Boiler Room, phones ringing,
        monitors tele-typing, secretaries screaming,
            everyone's moving, moving, moving way too fast!
                The pressure is intense, I'm starting to sweat!
                                   
                        I suddenly collapse!!!

    Waking up to horns honking and sirens blaring!
        Strapped to a gurney in the back of a medic van,
            I.V. in my hand, EMT's moving, moving, moving too fast!
                The pressure is intense, it won't relent,
                                           
                         I feel trapped!!!

    The van doors open... I am wheeled out...
        And that's the last thing I remember until now...
            March 14th 1997, that was then, April 4th 2016, this is now!
                Damn it's been almost 20 years...

                          I AM saved!!!



                          04/04/2016

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Constance La France April 5, 2016 at 2:41 AM Brian, amazing, wonderful, outstanding and I am loving it 7 ~ Brian Davey April 5, 2016 at 7:25 PM I think you made me blush with so many words of praise, thank you so much

Jan Allison April 5, 2016 at 1:51 AM Fast paced imagery and you tell a very realistic story in 3 short stanzas ... I can feel the stress building up in the first stanza and then its like a pressure cooker woosh the body can no longer cope:-( great write Brian good luck in the contest:-) hugs Jan xx Brian Davey April 5, 2016 at 7:24 PM Thank you Jan I am pleased that I could take you on a little suspense trip in my poem, I am happy you enjoyed the ride