A very strong pressure on my chest.

While walking from a corner
I am stopped by the traffic lights,
there are no cars in sight,
so I cross the street
and a truck jumps out from nowhere;
it is big as a giant monster

it is ferocious as a Velociraptor
it is ubiquitous as a god.

I manage to dodge it
so, I’m safe

for now,
but my blood freezes
mortally
with a sharp pain in my left arm,
and a very strong pressure on my chest
and my chin…the chin …

Obviously,
I have to die today

in one way or the other…

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Comments (10)
  • Glynis Smy on Oct 30, 2008

    Powerful words!

  • Darlene McFarlane on Oct 30, 2008

    This one gives me a cold chill. Another good one!

  • Kim Buck on Oct 30, 2008

    Eerie.

  • SHAF MASTA on Oct 30, 2008

    Yes this poem is very powerful and strong! I could feel the pain! Nice work!

  • Eden Emersen on Oct 30, 2008

    Hope the narrator gets away from the city :) Great poem!

  • RJ Chamberlain on Oct 31, 2008

    A great read Tonisan. Well done

  • Mary Contrary on Oct 31, 2008

    Nicely done, very powerful as Glynis said.

  • Westbrook on Oct 31, 2008

    Wow… Didn’t expect that ending.

  • k bali on Nov 5, 2008

    Great words..

  • Aaron Tyler on Nov 5, 2008

    Very nice, like a scene from a movie!

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