Getting Shocked

Composed 1/19/16
Description: n/a

A voice
Distantly
Humming out between lips
Invisible and soft though sharp like I knew
Crackling with static as it zaps into
Wires and circuits and tiny synapses
In milliseconds striking
Like an arrow through
The heart
It surges with electricity
It steals my voice
It sets fire to my blood and burns throughout
But like a shock it’s gone in a moment
Leaving me
Annoyed

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Nature’s Effect

Composed 6/26/13
Description: My walk today.

I feel no fear when the fireworks pop
(Their rumbles and sparks hardly leave a shock)
And yet I gasp and reel back in fright
When a field’s puddle explodes with the sun’s great light