The ground he held as solid
shifted sideways in an instant
taking his eyes, his hands,
leaving door-frames askew,
windows shattered, a survivor
buried under the rubble.
David Braziel is a poet from Staffordshire who now lives in Portadown. He has had his work published in several anthologies and a collection published by Pen Points Press. He has performed his poetry at events all over Ireland and is a three-time winner of the Belfast Book Festival Poetry Slam.