Firecracker

Firecracker

Burning
In the sky
At night
So high
So bright

A
Firecracker
Waiting
To go off

On a hot
Sticky
Evening
In the middle
Of July

Lightning bugs
Flying
Around
Shootings stars
Kids
Will chase
After

A match
Strikes
To be lit
And the fuse
Slowly
Sizzling

As the kids
Grow quiet
For all that
Awaits
Them
In the evening
Sky

The fuse
Inside
Now
A firecracker
Waiting
To blow
One
Two
Seconds
Pass

Up
In the air
Faster
Than you
Can blink
Or see

A fire fly
A shooting star
Straight up
In the sky

Before
Pausing
Nothing
Wait
Something

Explosion
Of light
In the night
Lighting up
The sky
Like nothing
Kids could
Ever
Imagine
Or dream

A firecracker
My firecracker
A heart
My heart
Just went up
In the sky

And exploded
Showing
You red
And other colors
Only
To you
To your
Eye
But to show
Everything
I am

This
What just
Happened
Only
Happens
Once

And
It just happened
For you