fear

Fear ...
stark fear ...

Have you ever felt fear that is so
strong
that you can feel it in your toenails
and fingernails

...and in the very cuticles that your hair grows out of?

It takes over in waves and comes and goes like the tide of the ocean.

Sometimes higher,

sometimes lower ...

there is a calm that might last for a while ...

The waves gently come up and recede,
Nothing major,


gently caressing the beach

Reminding you,

Life has


Troubles.


Then hurricane season hits


and it comes crashing over the body


like nothing you can control and


not only does it come ashore on the beach ...


but it comes inland ...

causing havoc ..



and tearing up everything in it's path.





The winds roar


the rain beats down


the roofs are torn off the very shelters they provide



Safety is gone ... and injuries take place.




Window's made to look out at the world ... so beautiful
are broken, shattered
glass
thrown inside and out ...
step on it and
you'll have a cut so
deep
you'll need stitches
it will leave a
scar.

The rain falls in the wind,

soaking everything

the recently uncovered shelters

Velvet blankets

soaked, matted

ugly masses, useless.

Destruction. Everywhere ...

Fear ...