A Child's Flashback

by Sondra Ball


 

My body shakes.

Am I awake?

Tears are streaming.

Am I screaming?

 

I sit up,

wet with sweat.

Are the monsters

all gone yet?

 

to Autumn Leaves, an online poetry journal
volume 11(6)
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