July 20,2013
Crystallized Shrapnel
This evening while helping with supper
The jar of salsa slipped from my hand
Shattering the crystal bowl near my feet
You know
The bowl the ferrets ate from
Every morning as they made their run
Salsa exploding everywhere
Before I knew it
Crystallized shrapnel gleaming starkly in the red mass
I froze inside
Frantically looking for a place to hide
My arms crazily waving sharply up and down
Moving quickly away
Before I realized where I was
With no place to hide run take cover
Hoping no one would see
The frightening desperation that consumed me
My mind numb my body exhausted
Those around knowing something was wrong
As weariness sets in and I feel myself retreating
Wanting to be alone yet cannot stand solitude
And knelt to clean the mess
The shattered shards like glistening bone
Reminisce of a war long ago
I thought I had put away
That haunts me still
Tommy
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem