Smells of fresh cut grass on a humid summer night
Cousins all around
Lightening bugs excite
Cruel unusual punishment
little creatures smite
Pull off their glowing parts to smear
Simply for the painted features
The glorious moments shine
Kids dancing in the dark
Not the Buddhist kind
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Part One: FireFlyDown
Somewhere between lightening bugs and drugs
virginity was lost
sometime after the pain of the fist
on a mother’s face
confusion signed a lease
written on the heart of a stillborn youth
searching for some medicine
helped her to feel good inside
instead it brought her reticence
years of silent boxes
residents in her mind
mistakes of misspent childhood
innocence redesigned
a little pregnant with knowledge fruit
of another time
virginity was lost
sometime after the pain of the fist
on a mother’s face
confusion signed a lease
written on the heart of a stillborn youth
searching for some medicine
helped her to feel good inside
instead it brought her reticence
years of silent boxes
residents in her mind
mistakes of misspent childhood
innocence redesigned
a little pregnant with knowledge fruit
of another time
