Too much light

Poked, prodded, blown on

A giant lab coat swirls around

Nose hairs

Cystic acne

Scribbled gibberish on a white piece of paper

I can clearly read the “Hmmms” and “Ahhhs” from their lips

Pressure mounts up

Tension and dull pain radiate

No matter how much I try…the letters fade

Black and crisp now gray and blurry

Maybe not forever

Maybe just one more year

Darker and darker my world becomes

Until one day its all gone

Only noises remain

In this bleak, bleak world