Like Lightning Flashes - Clem Snide

Let’s not make this about

The same old, same old, same old

We’re all trapped between

Our separate parts

Convinced each breath but stalls

An untimely death

And so expand in painful

Fits and starts

Dare we let go

Of everything we think we know

And just trust that from the ashes

We will emerge like lightning flashes

Let’s not bother with the Christmas lights

Keep them twinkling into spring

Coax the hive away with your sweet smoke

And then learn to savor every sting

Dare we let go

Of everything we think we know

And just trust that from the ashes

We will emerge like lightning flashes