Poetic Blog (May 16, 2019)

Today is

One of the least liked day

That I’ve to endure

As a tenant

In my apartment.building.

Why

You ask?

It’s the annual testing

Of the building’s

Smoke detectors.

.

Wish

I could describe it

Properly

In the right words

For you.

Cascading anxiety attacks

Have left me

A visibly trembling

Physically drained shell

Of myself.

Worse part

Is the sporadic testing

Without any sense of timing

Throughout the building.

So hypersensitive

To any sudden noise

That I’m jumping

At the slightest sound.

Imagine

A cartoon cat

With its claws

Dug into the ceiling

And that’s me.

Even now

An hour later

My heart is

Still beating

At an accelerated pace.

Another 2 more hours

Before it’s safe

To reenter my unit

And crash out.

In my now silent

Bedroom

For awhile.

Therisa © 2019