After the Accident
In the ambulance
I feel like I did
when we got married
Sidestep stumble
Swatted and ripped and twisted
Scissors in my hand
Blue black ink darkness
A commotion and loud voices
Whispering. Close your eyes. Don’t look.
Obliterated by experts.
At the hospital
Waiting. You need a doctor
they tell me. I wondered then.
I wonder now. Waiting.
1/28/23
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
The fragments hitting your senses–I imagine that is what is what like. Sounds very scary.
Thank you. Fragments hitting your senses, yes, that is it perfectly, at least how I have experienced sudden dislocations such as accidents, or even really upsetting bad news.
You’re welcome. Maybe because your senses are picking things up, but your brain is not really interpreting them, or interpreting like a dream.
The pain and confusion here are intense–is this based on your own experience? (K)
Yes and no. My husband has had 2 life-threatening incidents over the years that came on suddenly. I was thinking about those times. I also inserted my feelings from when I had my retina problems and lost the sight in one eye (which was a different sort of thing, not as sudden as an accident, but enough, and terrifying and dislocating as I tried to take in what was happening. The unreality of something just falling in on you.
It does warp the world and change your focus for sure.