I remember thinking
mother fuck
I've been hit by a car 
and I could feel 
the front of the car 
pulling me down
pulling me down
pulling me down. 

Then I remember finding 
myself on the hood 
opening my eyes
seeing the most beautiful 
cloudless blue sky 
but I couldn't find my body 
anywhere. 

Then I remember sensing 
cold and darkness
opening my eyes
seeing the underneath 
of a still moving car 
and I curled into a ball. 

Then I remember finding 
myself laid out on the pavement 
in the sunlight
surrounded by people 
with terrified expressions. 

Then the police 
the EMT's
the ambulance 
the ER ... 

and then the real nightmare began 
and it continues to this day.