Pain in not knowing is phantom
Hollow
It fills and forms in shapes of fear
It billows and morphs
No minute is sacred
No place is safe
It travels with
Unseen until the strike
Love dances unbidden
Hand in hand with terror
A child of innocence
Unknowing in simple minutes
Flash fear
Physical distance of if only’s
Choices made for future
Fear
Keeps us from
Those last steps to freedom
Pelgris 