Dawning Creations

My stomach won’t take it.
Woke in the midnight hour,
split in half, chest heaving and burning

My stomach won’t take this.
I swallow that minty pill,
while chasing the mint is bitter.

My chest hurts still.

My stomach is aching, a dulling pit of smoldering embers.
The smoke rises up my throat like a chimney, scalding me through and through, the afterburn.

The minty pill isn’t helping, research only adds to my equation, blank plus blank equals this and I’m nervous.
Silent prayer, then praying out loud comes next.
What caused this burning, I cannot recollect.

Wait, could it have been the wasabi almonds and ginger ale ??