in a storm of needles

 3/11/2023 10:58 PM

(in a storm of needles)

faced with a storm of calamities,

he stops.

for running would only hurt more.

he watches as each one whizzes by

some grazing

some evading

and some going all the way through

his heart.

he wanders.

for standing still will get him nowhere.

but with no direction or aim,

the pushing gets harder.

but he pushes regardless.

the storm of needles became his home

as he found a friend in himself,

comfort in the pain,
fun in the pushing.

...

why?

the questions ride the needles

as they sink into his head

what's his purpose?

where's the reason?

what's this constant sense of dread?

he finds himself in people

when people aren't so close

but in his spinning storm of needles

you'll never find the eye