Warped

you hear the music stop

as the lights leave your sight

you hear someone scream

?blackout! blackout! ?

you drop to the floor

in need of stability

within this mass hysteria

you cry out for help

you get shoved around,

pushed against a door

and when it opens

you fall through

onto the streets you go

arms outstretched

combing the streets with trepidation

you can’t see anything

everyone in your path

is a threat

danger follows you

around every corner

you hear it

the explosions

you see it

the colors in the sky

it makes you fall in terror

with your heart’s unstoppable drum

perception’s greatest error

what has the world become?