Burst


from the ABC set Poetry

If I had words that could burst
through the dark of your night
like sudden fireworks of desire,

to cover you in a healing rain
of gold and silver, green and red
and all the possible colours
that make a rainbow of understanding,

then I would launch myself
up towards your night-time skies
taking all I could show you
far beyond the reaching fingers
stretching upraised arms up to the sky.

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