Detonation

A poem about witnessing an atomic detonation.

     Detonation

  

I saw the flash;

I see no more.

I heard the impact;

I hear no more.

I felt the heat;

I feel no more.

I smelt the flesh;

I smell no more.

I tasted life;

I taste no more.

I was a person;

    I am no more.

Author's Note

I wrote this almost 30 years ago while in college. It was published in my college's collegiate chapbook the year it was written. It was a time when many people were talking about nuclear winter. I had a dream about this subject, and the short poem is a result.

Reviews

[Frank F. Atanacio]

a very powerful write-- explosive

[Jeffrey Gershom]

This poem placed in a writerscafe contest.