That Sinking Gut Feeling©
Copyright 2015
By Felina Silver Robinson
The feeling that you get
In the pit of your stomach
When you know somethings wrong
But you can’t put your finger on it
When everything suddenly goes silent
The phone or doorbell rings
And you’re met with an even more awkward silence
Then the words you dread hearing
After the caller or the person ringing the door bell
Has identified themselves
“We regret to have to tell you”
You want to slam down your phone
You want to slam your door
Hoping that it was all just a dream
But the voice you dreaded
Calls out asking
“Did you hear me,
Is there someone I can call for you?”
And you just collapse
Wishing you were in fact just dreaming
But of course you’re not
Oh how I dread that sinking gut feeling
Wishing
I could turn back time
