I Have Been There

I have been there

And ran my fingers

Along its contours

Memory lingers

Of a terrified rictus

I have been there

It was like watching Dante

On the big screen

Like paying up the ante

For a frozen scream

I have been there

And back a billion times

What’s seen can’t be undone

No matter how time flies

Sound falls like a gong

I have been there

And I no longer care

Akpan