[ Tightened grasp, ]

Tightened grasp,
The grasp is tightened.
Look around
check.
Breathe in deep
Check.
Asess the situation
check.
Spot the flaw
check.
Duck,roll, cover
check. check.check.
reach down
check.
And then back again, not knowing what to say again
Find the handle
check.
Handle the stress
check.
Stress the handle
check.
Grasp the handle, check the safety, pull
check. check. check.
Come out of your cover
check.
look for the target
check.
Reach.
For.
Your.
Belt.
But.
It.
seems.
You've.
Gone.
Empty.
A fiery blaze hits your chest and you cant seem to handle the handle, grip the grip, and you want to stop the rain from coming but its the end of the path and you need to pay the tollman, rambling on like an old fool but you cant stop the red rain from coming, your bodies drought is finally over, the desert filled lungs are filled with the red rain and
You slowly feel that the red rain wont stop flowing
You reach for the sandbags but the rain is
much too strong for these old bones
to handle, and maybe If I just
let the rain come, then
the rain will surely
lead my soul
to the great
salvation
ahead
for
me.