Dim, dark for a moment,
Then all of a sudden bright,
They look up, pause a sec,
Then move on away,
After all, just a flickering light,
She looked up, paused,
And she gazed deeper inside,
I let her catch a glimpse of the chaos I hide,
And she moved on away,
I smiled as the painful expectation had met,
Flickered, time and then,
As the world passed,
And I closed my eyes,
Electricity flowed with a rush,
Brightness intensified,
As I looked down,
She was back, checking the wire she had tied,
And again, I had recovered my light,
Till today, when I saw her again,
I looked inside of me, that wire,
It was a moment filled with immense pain,
She robbed me of my flickers,
That no less than a martyr,
Now there she was,
With a huge smile,
‘My’ flickering light.
-Dark Phoenix 09
Phoenix Poetry And Musings 