Flicker
you spend your time in a room that looks like a bunker in a war you go outside sometimes, but only when it rains you stare down at your feet waiting for your train you don't believe in heaven but you live in hell what's the point of anything, can anybody tell? you only get a moment, a flicker of an eye a match against the new moon, a flashlight at the sky a constellation in a telescope where you only see one star you can't see the zenith so you don't know how high you are back when you were a girl, you were so inspired you were everybody's friend, you burned everybody's fire but somewhere you crossed a line, stepped into the night and lost that spark that made you shimmer and excite you only get a moment, a flicker of an eye a match against the new moon, a flashlight at the sky a constellation in a telescope where you only see one star you can't see the zenith so you don't know how high you are sometimes you can see it shining still like a ring on a window sill but you reach out and then it's gone somewhere deep in your heart, you long to make a new start but your hands are stuck in your pockets you only get a moment, a flicker of an eye a match against the new moon, a flashlight at the sky a constellation in a telescope where you only see one star you can't see the zenith so you don't know how high you are maybe someday you'll leave that room and step into the light
Posted Wednesday, September 23rd 2009
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