Flash Burn ---- #2 Poem of An Original Poem a Day for National Poetry Month

 Flash Burn

the patterns of kimonos
seared into skin
blistered burns and scars
intricate designs upon flesh
of the dead and dying
thin man, little boy, fat man

shadows burned into walls
walls burned into shadows

the flash burn they say,
"is typically a surface effect"

but on the surface
of a man made sun
in two thousandths of a second
the effect, mere shadows
tattooed on our souls






[Day #2 of my poem-a-day challenge for National Poetry Day.]