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The Toll
There it was... the end.
a cloud off in the distance.
So many times I looked at the sky.
Watching the clouds as they passed by.
Beautiful, peaceful, even during the storms.
Now I stare out the window
looking at the cloud, the one that will take my life.
I want to run as fast as I can.
I wont though, because I know it's pointless.
There is no escape from what is coming.
So many things I want to do.
goodbyes I will never say.
I say a prayer, seems fitting at the moment.
I want to beg for a second chance.
But I know I have already used mine.
So I watch as the end draws near.
I hope and pray for my friends and family.
The animals in the area take off in the opposite direction.
I see panic in the streets everybody fleeing for their lives.
I feel sorry for them because I don’t see them surviving.
the cloud looks peaceful off in the distance
although I know it is a monster created by mankind.
We thought it could be controlled
It was...just controlled by our enemies.
I hear snapping of trees as they are knocked to the ground.
The sound of the shock wave rumbles and shakes the buildings.
the debris field of the shock wave devours everything in it's path.
I look around to see my town, what will soon be a wasteland.
I am not sure what will kill me the debris or the radiation.
Falling to my knees I cry out.
"Please help"
I wake up...
I am back at the dialysis center for treatment.
Hooked up to a machine to clean my blood.
I found out a month ago that my kidneys had shutdown.
That I will need a kidney transplant
Or I will have to remain on dialysis for the rest of my life.
The nurses and patients around me are going about their business.
Like nothing had happened, but I am still shaken up by the nightmare.
Unfortunately I have had many lately.
But none of them involved a mushroom cloud, not til now.
As my treatment for the day ends
Putting on a smile, I walk out of the building.
I wonder if anybody else can see
How much this has taken a toll on me.
