A hundred needles pierce their way

Outward as the bomb explodes.

My heartbeat spikes as I close my eyes

Forgetting about the roads.

I see black as my vision fails,

The sounds blocked out by my ear;

All save a single scream-

One that drips with fear.

I wish it'd stay within my mind

And stay silent where it dwells

But it is a pain that must be felt;

If I ignore it, it swells.

I wish my wayward feet would heed

My desperate call to stay

On the paths they are meant to tread

Without leading me astray.

They fail me though, they mock me

With all but a gruesome leer.

I suppose it is their greatest pride

To remind me what it is to fear!