Words under vertigo

like a falling debris from a construction site

slowly committing suicide as it touches

the ground, again I looked up

 

to witness how words magnetized the tongue

to remain silent as if under oath,

the oath to abandon solitude

 

in its imprisoned cradle humming a familiar

song only the heart understands unless

the words are triggered to end,

 

to end the reign of fear inside the brain,

twisting and distorting the reality until

words under vertigo.

April Mae M. Berza is a member of Poetic Genius Society. Her poems and short stories appeared in numerous publications in the United States, Romania, India, Japan and the Philippines. Nominated in 2012 International Who’s Who in Poetry, her poem was broadcast on IndoPacific Radio. She lives in the Philippines.