Shattered Moments

Everything slows down for a moment And time becomes still Sound dispels itself and grows cold And I feel its chill Emotions flow out over the silence Self deprecating and destructive Bleeding down my face Intensely frightful and obstructive Falling to my knees Face in my hand Facing facts Reality and fable disband Breathing out …

Bolt action, single-, double-action, action, re-action.

The hammer falls forward, applying pressure to the firing pin, which taps the anvil, triggering the primer cap, flash fire burns through the web, gas expands forward, propelling the ogive at 800 feet per second, the grooves spinning it through the throat of the barrel, 5000 revolutions per second, the muzzle pulls back from the …