"Destined Minds"

LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT

explosive combustibles
generated colored lights
bamboo tubes filled with finely
grourid charcoal and sulfur

He held her hand and looked up
and realising she was more beautiful
more firey than lighted missles
and all that was her

extravagant the display they witness
elaborate production of floating
bodies in the nights heavens
and lavish the art that pleases the eye

lightening exposed realing the senses
intense the shooting stars and flame
bright confetti fills the air
as smoke and splendour fills the sky

A spherical break of colored stars
that leaves a visible trail of sparks
such the jewels that glitter
crisscrossing the dark blanket above

radial lines like the legs of a spider
burst in a straight line of trajectory
until we come to the final salute
that tells us the end is nigh my love

and so we watched that night
the liquid fuel that caused the final
fireball in the sky so
burst sizzle dazzle and scatter

and for a brief moment on summer's eve
they satieted and soaked in the lights
one single magical moment
for in that eve nought would matter

Maree Long
(c) Maree Long 2008