Dark Shock

The whispers sent me into shock,
Dilated all my veins at once,
Unhinged me at every joint.

My own question shoved me to a chute,
Where the dark answer cemented me—
Permanently stilled
In a suspended state
If semi-animation.
But what I have heard in the blackness,
I will shout out from the rooftops,
To dilute the anaphylactic initiates
That might come after me.

 

-jenn long