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Memories Ii: Firelights

Fireflies twinkle in to the night 
little stars winking off N on 
each a light a sudden rush 
of memory
Each hit me hard 
as tears trace the inner scars 
memories of a time long 
almost forgotten all those years ago 
a millennium apart 
go then these fire flies 
twinkling deep in to the night 
memories of family float by 
on a distant ark of reality 
far from the right 
all these fires flies 
into the eye of the storm 
memories a drift unmoored 
floating free floundering 
they come to me 
of fields in green painted 
in twilight chasing firelights 
of twinkling lighting bugs in the sultry southern night 
of jars holding lighting mythical in thought
of long evening of dialogue between elders 
or the buzz of open channels lost, 
the cathode-ray tube hum 
after the national song
deep into the night before each dawn, 
memories of burning cigarettes and regrets 
a millennium ago 
as I chase fire flies 
across a field of gold, 
the world blurs 
the images burn, 
coming fast they hurt 
almost to my knees 
as the world swims again
Fireflies twinkle into the night 
each little sun winking on off on off repeat 
each a crystal light 
sudden rush of sharp memory 
hit me hard 
a tear traces the inner scares 
A memory of a time long almost forgotten 
all those years ago 
a millennium 
apart 
go then these lives fly 
fly far far twinkling in the night
like memories of family 
and 
friends float by absently

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