Light burst from darkness.
Light burst.
BURST!
From nothing
And spilled everywhere like so many little gems of everything.
Burst.
The sound a cosmic slap; blew up and out and over and down;
Burst, ruptured, exploded joyous
And light running out, accelerating.
Light, then you; light, and breath and sounds, then touch
The spark in your eyes as you walked toward me, the glitter dazzling; the static of your skin, friction to warmth.
Light
Burst
And blew us over. Rained on us, soaked us in the questions of uncertainty, clues to be puzzled, probed, tasted, thrilled.
NO you can not be gone
Can not
Be gone. Can not be gone. Can not.
Light burst; flowed past
Filled the dark.
Light.
Left voids, swirling sucking voids
That darkness filled.
Left voids
Stole sounds, left empty air
Left hollows
Took words and voices
Took words and voices to fill distant voids with cries no one can hear;
Voids wrapped, walled in bruised hearts, wrapped twice, thrice so no sound or light escapes.
Light burst
The sounds of tearing
The sound of breaking apart
Light burst
Burst.
Left a hole.
Burst;
Left a hole with nothing but crushing vacuums
Where we hold to our silences alone.
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About michaelstephendaigle
I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest;
Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards;
Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards.
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest.
Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards.
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Named a Book Award Winner in 2021 by Maincraft Media Fiction Book Awards;
The Red Hand (2019) a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest
Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards
A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Dragony Rising (2022) First Place for Mysteries in the 2022 Royal Dragonyfly Book Awards; named a Notable 100 Indie Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards; A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards. A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards.
