Dreaded nightmarish reality
police tape encircling home
barricading any normality
insane dreaded footsteps
STOMP STOMP STOMP
BANG BANG BANG
BARK BARK BARK
Pounding on each residency
As if it housed inmates
It commenced upon us.
This ice shivering terror
Remains swimming in me
As I decontaminate its bruise
Upon my delicate psyche.
Blood still pumps in my heart
I’m alive and deeply scarred
Never forget, never forget.
–by Maria Mocha © 2023