By d (www.dev0n.com)
Date: 15 August 2000

fireworks

i don't like the green ones or
the pink ones that look like
bits of glowing candy scattered in the sky, 

which is terribly unlike me since i'm
such a sweet kinda girl.

but i really like the yellow ones
that shatter the sky with rays of light and
end in flashing stars of purple-blue,

which is very much like me since i'm
such a starry kinda girl. 

i also like the ones that fall like trees, 
slowly dancing in the sky, like
weeping willow branches,

which is also very like me since i'm
such a falling kinda girl. 

and the symbolism doesn't escape me as i 
look away from the sky towards your
upturned smiling face illuminated by the
flashes above.  and

i really love the realization of how
easy it is for me to take my eyes
away from the explosions in the night sky, 

effortlessly shifting my gaze
to the reflection of the starbursts in the
deepness of your eyes, 

but it's not really a shock and i'm
not terribly surprised, since i'm

such a sentimental kinda girl and i'm
very much in love with you.