shift

What's it like to have everything in your world dramatically change?

Author's note: This is, by far, a work in progress. It has undergone very little editing. SO... I would absolutely love any reviews with comments on how to improve it! Thanks!

shift

solid
concrete
earth under my feet
grab a cup – styrofoam
rubs under my calloused tips
flaking off and fluttering down

CRACK!

turn – see – look
what was it?
peer into the corners
nothing there

CRACK!

shake your shoulders
unsettled
shivers creeping along your spine
rub the tips on the styrofoam cup
need something solid
anchor

CRACK!

tumble to the ground
feel it shake
tremble
eyes burning
cup rolling on the ground
mocha chocolate spilled
gone

CRACK!

huddle in corner
is it over?
please, please
beg
plead
no more

s i  l  e    n    c      e      .        .        .

shhhh…


shaky
stand up
hand on wall –
need something solid
squint

what happened?

wavering vision
nothing’s the same
         
    shift          

    everything’s the same
    but different
    waiting for things to settle
    go back to normal
    but
          they
                  don’t!

    shift

    shift

    shift
         
    struggle
    fight
    survive
    make it
    in the future, just for
    another

          shift