Held Too Long

The-lit-wick-burnt-quick I am the dipped stick People are always referencing to For two reasons: One, is that I held on too long Two, is because all but two fingers are gone Lets look on the bright side, shall we... I was a beautiful explosion! A vibrant bouquet Of summer flowers in bloom Emanating from my hand In offering to the night sky There was an orange so serene It could make the setting sun cry At least I lost my pinky finger And not my right eye The potassium and iron oxide That filled the firecracker's column Made brilliant scores of violet and red As visions of pyrotechnical plum ferries danced in my head There was also a yellow that looked as if it escaped from dreams Like a day lily in the morning that just busted its seams This can be attributed to the explosive levels, of sodium Which may of in turn resulted, with the loss of my thumb Iron was unmistakably there creating a pure gold The color of the ring a lost extremity used to hold Copper sulfate was present creating the truest of blue Five digits once stood where now there is two Titanium, aluminum, or magnesium powders Gave the finish a hurtful bright white I may be giving a peace sign But everything is not alright 6/9/16 - real late at night