Aftermath

it wasn't so much the things you said

but rather, the actions that followed

inconsistent,

unexpected

out of left field

hurtful.

and full of rage from a very dark place

blasting away

any chances for

tranquility and peace,

harmony 

or anything that resembles

normal,

on this day

in this state

where did we go wrong

and

why didn't I see sooner,

the ravages

of 

gas-lighting effects

standing here, shell shocked

chest high

in rubble

and strain

alongside embers of vestige

known in some other world as pain ...