Like to be a FIREWORK?

So would I.

To DAZZLE like a flower.

To SIZZLE in the sky.

With a CRACK and a BANG

and a BIM BAM BOOM!

I feel it, first as a stir,
turning deep in the murky water.
Surfaces up for air, a twitch
on the lake in my head.
A flip, and it disappears.

Fire under footfall.
Fire over skies.

Fire on a matchstick.
Fire in my eyes.

Fire holding hunger.
Fire seeking wood.

Fire hiding danger.
Fire feeling good.

From Things You Find in a Poet's Beard by A.F. Harrold

It tastes of high clouds

  of crisp cold

     of twilight

It tastes of autumn leaves

I've just invented a flying machine;
It's silver and gold and three shades of green.

Forest could keep secrets
Forest could keep secrets

I have your smile

when I look in the mirror I see you

I have your laugh

So when I chuckle I hear you

I have your humour

when I’m sharing jokes I owe it to you

Summer is the best time

so let me start right here

It’s my favourite season

I wish it could last all year

The sun feels real near

and it can get so hot

Breathe

In.

Breathe

Out.

Gasp,

Sigh,

Scream,

Shout.

Spread your arms wide and smile

find yourself

find your style.

on the pitch, lightning faSt,

dribble, fake, then make a dash

player tries tO steal the ball 

lift and step and make him fall