Help Me!

Subway Sickness

I heard the voice before I saw the “figure”

.

The cry she screamed made me quiver.

I thought, for sure, she was pleading for assistance,

The cries came from deeper, a place of no resistance.

As she approached, I saw in her hand, a crack pipe and lighter, a part of her now.

“Help me” she wailed, as her eyes met with mine.

“Help me” she screeched across all space and time.

“Help me”, she begged, she pleaded, she screamed…

I wish I could un-see, that scene, I have seen.

Cheriseb.

October, 2025