Paralysis

I didn’t get out of bed

For two days

After you swept in

With torrential rains

And bleeding winds

I gave you

My vulnerable, riverless veins

Aching for you  

To persuade the vultures

Circling up ahead

To abandon their quest.

And for a moment

The needle plunged…

I still see you

Peering so deeply

Into my soul

That the air around us

Paused for breath.