Flash another flash
Tree branches reach out
Into the night
Then snap back in afterglow
A fire rages then implodes
To shadow and dark
Shuddering sparks
Snakes and tendrils
Of burning light
Fuel imagination and fear
As all unexplained or new
Troubling sense eroding
What is it’s
Torment the daily and mundane
He is drawn of course
Curiosity outwits safety
Just be careful
Ready for anything
It can’t be the terrible lizard
Or furry beast with ripping teeth
He has to see close feel touch
It’s this the challenge
That I seek to feel alive
Worth all this need to just be
What it is doesn’t matter
The test of life itself
If I crawl and it’s nothing
I am less
Not natural it will notice
I must be part of it
Everything
That first step
Yes
This is it
If I could feel this
All the time
Stop the thought
Concentrate move slowly toward
The unknown
