Snap back, lightning
Collision, crush(ed) I am
Frankenstein’s Monster
And a sad smile from lips that bleed.
I have fallen all my life, fallen
Head snapped back against the concrete floor,
Seeing stars, feeling the shake and slosh
Of jelly brains, recede and retreat,
Dizzy with pain.
I have pushed against the glass door to open,
Only to shatter and slice my fingers bone
Deep, the scar that lingers,
Loosening my grip.
I remember the towel and the hot blood,
Flowing and sticky dry,
Sticking to the shiny white tendon,
Through flesh cut loose.
I have felt the kinetic rush
Of energy transferred
Blindside from a tractor-trailer,
Saw my love flung forward
And free, like the stars,
Spun back against the blue vinyl,
Everything torn and a bleeding eye.
Today is another day,
Head snapped back, lightning
Struck, eyes melted,
Scalding tears and ash.