LOUD BANG by D. Everett Newell

Hearing that loud bang

I ran from my room

Breathless, to the sound

Seeing nothing in my frame of sight

Rationalizing there is no reason

Still a fear envelopes me

My heart races and palms sweat

Mentally my mind takes a leap and bound

Appearing then, shapes where none had existed

Smelling odors that do not belong

Hearing now, voices long gone

Excited, a raw energy courses over my body

Moving quickly inspecting all crevices

Bracing myself for one more surprise

Looking in that last dark corner

Again I hear a loud bang!

D Everett Newell 3/17/2011