You masquerade like you're shrinking
falling backwards
in the half formed light
yet I see your eyes
through the blackness
blinking fiercely
watching all the people go by,
a flicker crosses your tongue
a spark of recognition
thrown from the flames in your head
licking at your eye *****;
rolling backwards.

As if you could shrink,
one so violent and so vibrant,
You exploded in my hand,
as soon as I held you.
You swept through my dreams,
before I even knew you.