my life blew up in my face
i never heard a sound
there was a flash and still
i can’t see
my eyes are burned
burning
shards that had been my life blew off
i grabbed at them buzzing by my head
trying to catch an explosion
eyes on fire
white blinded
me reaching
reaping the air
the fragments i catch are hot
jagged
molten steel life tearing through my hands
speeding away from me
(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)