Waves

Breath caught upside-down
R A G G E D
J A G G E D
As it pulses through me.
Nothing left to say
But let it all wash away,
Drop by drop
In screams
Lost in the frenzy.
No way around it this time.
His voice,
Always his voice,
Bears witness to
captive tidal waves
Pulling me under,
C O U G H I N G
S P U T T E R I N G
Lost in a
neighbor-rousing
life-halting
EXPLOSION of power.
No silence anywhere
As his voice takes control
one
more
time
To break the news
This isn't over,
As I fall into myself
And hide
Where no one can
T O U C H M E.