How Will You Burn?
life – here one day
gone the next
so we learned so well
to tell our ourselves
we don’t remember how we began
chalking it up to circumstance and fate
preparing our dreams for storage
on forgotten shelves
content to live out our days
like scared little soldiers
curled up on the floor
while the revolution is fought outside our of front doors
each of us a lighted match
we watch each other burn
simultaneously awaiting our turn
to fizzle out and shine no more
how can we make it last
when there is so little to kindle
shield it from the wind
angle it just right
burn it to the singe – and out!
next
what is the meaning of this
shimmering, finite, point of light
the point is – you were lit
length does not equal life
take you eyes off the stick
and let it burn with all of your might
Pure brilliance.