Atom Bomb Poem by Lizzy Scott

Going off like an atom bomb
Hitting me straight in the face
Emotional trauma that can’t be replaced.

It happened so sudden,
A few words were exchanged,
Then off went the atom bomb
Hitting me straight in the face.

The people I went to for cover
Are now the ones I hide from,
What an endeavor.

The tides roll by and turn me around
The life I have just hit the ground.
Eating dirt instead of flying sky high,

How this happens, I will never know why.
What makes friends become foes
In the blink of an eye, a heartbeat away.

Keeping my distance, I want to run closer
Afraid for my safety, hoping I’ll live through the night.
Fading in the shadows, I stick to myself.

Remembering the feeling
Of what friends were like,
I trudge on in the shadows,
Waiting to catch someone’s eye…