#firelight
1
A dark day looms over me here.
Summer haze blazes
to my chiaroscuro eye.
Half possessed
by my own dissonance,
I open to a sunrise
and make my way
in broken music
or I will die.
2
Give me no surprise,
no small, close lies.
Make me, lords above,
into one last simple thing
time cannot overcome.
A dream I dreamed:
a blood red flower blooming.
In the dark,
I rose
unintended.
3
I see the light in my eyes
and the darkling dream
in the tree beyond the plain.
I glimpse it
and it vanishes
into dusklight,
into a night
held by remembrance.
4
I waver above a new fire,
counting will-o'-wisp flickers:
how light grows,
dies,
wavers,
flickers.
It dances on the wall
where I wait.
I bid my being well.
In the air I see
how slowly dark encroaches,
how light
waits
in silence.
Feb 22
Feb 22, 2026 at 9:33 AM UTC
You’re a storm in summer,
So fast-moving and out of the blue,
You’re like the first day of Spring,
Blooming and slowly rising,
Amongst the decomposing earth,
You’re like a shifting darkness,
Hard to tell where you start and begin,
Filling the space with your whole being,
Your firelight flares up like a firefly,
So bright and fluttering through the twilight,
Your eyes glow with a glace of gold and rose,
So fired up on adrenaline,
Running through the countryside like a wild fox,
Your depression is like the deep artic sea,
When it gets so heavy you crawl into your shell,
So desolated with your own thoughts
You’re like a broken violin,
So beautiful but splintered with visible scars,
From the lovers who had misled you in the past
Jun 4, 2021
Jun 4, 2021 at 4:59 AM UTC
I am trying to figure out why I seem to notice you more in the wilderness. There is something about the trees and the air that fill me with a passion for you that I only sometimes discover at home. I hike behind you and I can’t help but notice that the color of your hair seems to complement the green of the forest so nicely. Your face in the firelight and the scratchy tone of your voice make my heart leap more than usual. Maybe it is because I am seeing you naturally, seeing you when you aren’t put together and a little bit of a mess. Seeing you raw and untouched. The you that not everyone gets a chance to see. I care for you at home but something about the woods makes me want to scream it out loud and hear it echo through the leaves,
I love you, I love you, I love you.
Maybe if I’m lucky the wilderness will whisper it back and I can pretend it came from you.
Jul 2, 2018
Jul 2, 2018 at 1:47 AM UTC
my favorite season has arrived.
standing outside in the sunlight,
feeling the cool breeze
slip through my fingers,
weave in and out of my hair,
and twirl me around like the falling leaves.
standing inside in the firelight,
absorbing the smell of the
cinnamon, and the
roasted potatoes, and the
hot chocolate and coffee and tea.
true happiness has taken its place,
and i finally feel the joy.
Oct 8, 2016
Oct 8, 2016 at 10:46 AM UTC
Lonely vigil, nigh on midnight,
Stars above and earth below,
Sacred silence, dark inviolate,
Seated in the fire’s glow.
Dreaming of a lover’s whispers,
Dancing with her memory,
Drowning in a sea of roses;
Drinking in the melody.
Breathing, touching, soft caresses,
Sweetest honey, strongest wine,
Whispered vows, that sweet assurance:
“I am yours, and you are mine.”
All is fleeting, air and ashes;
Tears ahead and oaths behind,
Fire burning down to nothing,
How could I have been so blind?
Aug 25, 2015
Aug 25, 2015 at 6:48 AM UTC
Fireflies fluttered past my window,
Silhouette the moon,
Unable to resist, I crawled out,
Moist, night-covered grass flattened beneath me,
I looked about,
Trying to spot light in this dark, tree-filed space,
A tickle behind my ear,
A loud giggle threatening to erupt,
I spun around, not wanting to stop.
How amazing it is to feel this free.
But suddenly there was an orange glimmer,
And again no resistance surfaced,
To spin again, taste freedom.
I am no longer trying to catch fire-light.
Nearly all disappeared at once,
Except one, staying afloat head-high.
'Twas afore my eyes, alluring, being of night,
It flickered on and off, a living switch-light,
Then it began to lead me on,
Confident I'd follow,
Of course, there was no resistance.
I'm a silhouette now,
Moving between the trees,
Tiny light leading darkness on,
Both appearing less and less,
Dark and Light,
Both parts of night.
-MoonFirefly
Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 12:00 AM UTC
The sky boat floated just beneath the moon,
Just above imagined ivy-mantled tower.
Gold-flecked, ivory clouds just out of reach,
Like the firefly,
Suspended just ahead, pale then gold-light,
Beautiful against brilliant 12 O'clock blue,
Blue deep as overwhelming sea,
Tear-jerking, snare of senses,
Lo this sight of feeling,
Mem'ry of freedom livid,
Warming; caressing once stone-tight grey
face.
Entranced by a sudden breeze,
A taste of grass, scent of ocean and sand,
Feeling of spirit, sounds of heavy moth wings,
As a whole, finally, an image of embodied freedom.
Suddenly something bubbles up, crawling along skin,
Dragging along newly heightened expectation.
My Firefly glows ever brighter, deep fire-light,
But still a little less than Moon Mother above,
So bright, capable of ling'grin behind closed lids,
Permanent, like this new hope,
A hope like a wish newly formed,
Warm and vulnerable and free.
-MoonFirefly
Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 12:00 AM UTC
She was a lost and beautiful skeleton,
Caught looking at the sunrise,
Torn by images of him; like firelight,
They flickered in her eyes,
Burning; the smoke clouded blue skies.
He was a big and invisible boulder,
She kept heavy on her shoulders,
Her body trembling under the weight,
Her mind, riddled with love and hate.
But show your cat teeth to the lion,
And carry it no longer,
For with time, we’ll make it into sand,
So agreed, you’re keeping my hand.
Like a flower in a human skin coat,
You’ll wilt before you bloom,
Like a gardener in your colorful, cool, garden,
I’ll care for your tomb.
So keep your eyes on the sky skeleton girl,
Soon you’ll see the sun.
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014 at 5:01 PM UTC