“A Collective Trauma” by Suzán Jiván Mom & Mom-Mom Suzán

“A Collective Trauma”

by Suzán Jiván Mom
& Mom-Mom Suzán

A collective trauma
getting into the shower
with eyeglasses on
rupturing attention and memory
tight feelings in the chest
under the constant threat
of unrelenting stress
unsettlingly upending
senses of health and wellness
experiencing shortness of breath
and spiking temps living in fear
of the knee-jerk release
of a lethally speedy recovery...