Disquietly Vanquished
Megan Samuels

Footsteps echo down the hall
Walls crash around me
Head recovers first
Abandonment comes

Phone rings off the hook
Stepping through crumbled plaster
Gaining control of extremities
Rehab begins

Outside the city riots
Boxes fill the apartment
Vision clears
Reconstruction starts

Building a new
From the wreckage of you
No mere mirage before your eyes
Only the remnants of this disguise

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