After The Flash

No sirens now.
No sky tearing open.
Just ringing.
Yeahhh...
Still breathing.
But different.
We survived the blast,
but what did it cost?
World turned white,
but something got lost.
Still move as a unit,
unit... unit...
But I feel it shift,
something missing.
We live.
We live.
But we ain't the same.
Ash in the wind
like it snow in June,
City bones under broken moon.
No more chatter on
the satcom line,
Just wind
through steel
and a ticking spine.
I keep replaying
that white-hot frame,
False sun rising
with no shame.
We said hold steady,
we held the line,
But the price of
steady rewired my mind.
Brother's boots still next to mine,
But he ain't breathing,
just frozen time.
We moved
as one
when the sky split wide,
But I still see
who didn't survive.
We survived the blast,
but what did it cost?
World turned white,
but something got lost.
Move as a unit,
unit... unit...
But the silence loud,
and the air feel different.
Still here.
Still here.
But we ain't the same.
No medals pinned in fallout dust,
No speeches loud about adapt
and adjust.
Just heat scars on
the inside ribs,
And memories sharp
like broken fibs.
They'll write it clean
in history books,
Call it strategy,
measured looks.
They won't print the
way it smells,
Or how it sticks
when the quiet swells.
We were chosen 'cause
we didn't fold,
But chosen ain't lucky,
chosen is cold.
It mean you carry
what others drop,
And you don't get peace
when the gunfire stop.
You said we live...
But do we heal?
You said we strong...
But how we feel?
We survived the blast,
but what did it cost?
World turned white,
but something got lost.
Move as a unit,
unit... unit...
But I feel the weight,
and it won't lift.
Still breathing.
Still breathing.
But we ain't the same.
Night come heavy in
a different way,
No more fire,
just memories replay.
Geiger quiet
but the chest still ticks,
Like fallout settled inside my ribs.
I don't regret what
we had to do,
But I won't pretend
it didn't cut through.
We held the tether,
we held the arc,
But something burned
that won't restart.
Ash don't glow forever.
But it stays.
Move as a unit...
We live.
But we ain't the same.