Sounds

For the first time, I heard everything all at once,

and felt the world around me taking my breath away.

Stumbling after such a shock, the sensory input

at that moment almost also stole my day.

At the lowest I thought I could get,

the sounds of beeps and voice and ice

became just a bit too much

for the anticipated price.

For the first time, 

I thought I'd escape the scene.

But I had a job to do,

that no one could intervene.

The shorter breaths,

choked tears,

silent screams,

anxious fears,

sound,

sound,

all the sound,

sound

sound---

Snap.

Back to work.

-LJ

21 July 2017