flashbacks

flashbacks of a feeling

catch me on the stairs going home/

battle each other

those feelings

to escape

tumblin over n over in my stomach

makin my knees weak

and my heart pound

i have to stand still

compose myself

so that no one will know

how you overwhelm me

are you thinking of me now

as i struggle to contain myself

in the park/

as i shatter into little bits

and pull myself together

once again/

as always

flashbacks of you

come to me uninvited on the freeway

cause me to change lanes

slow down

smile

in an elevator between floors

in you come creeping

no place is safe

i run from yr memory

consciously try not to think about you

hide

in my friends

in my poetry

in my mind

to escape the flashbacks of the love we made

chase me down the ailse in food basket

make me forget to get the grape nuts

in the check out line

i drop my pen three times

void two checks

like mind control

my thoughts turn to you

and what we are

that third entity

flasbacks

refresh my soul

like a cool drink o fwater

that even the sparkletts man

can’t bring

cleanse my mind

with that freshness

leaving me

open and waiting

for

another

flashback

of

you and me

7/24/81

11/15/81(rev)

© geri lynn peak

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