Acidic World

I am standing in the stomach of a tornado.


It is dark—lifeless—confusing at times.


It is loud—so loud that my ideas merge


Into a whirlpool of rapid drum beats.


It reverberates through my heart.


There doesn't seem to be a chance


Of things slowing down—unless I can


Cherry pick what's important—linking


Them in a chain I can use to pull


Myself out of the acidic world that


Seems too fast and far too loud.