Rekindling
Firefly glowing in the dark, in the forest, in the night
This is how I see you, uncapped lighting in a jar
If I'm walking in the dark, in the forest, I'll hold on tight
A sign of hope I can hold onto no matter where we are
I am 21 days older
Yet never quite as bold as her
trying and failing to live up to that light
that's been trailing behind for the bulk of my life
you showed me softness when rigidity seemed to be my only path
an oxygen mask on a plane more or less doomed to crash
why do you sit on the raft? this seat’s not fated to last
too hopeful for the future, or just stuck in the past
in the most literal terms, my beloved friend
all but directly I address you, everlasting, my pilot light
Please don’t go out, I’ll catch your flame eventually
I’ll keep running and running as long as I have you in sight