Bright Lights

Bright lights

On top of that mountain

On the streetlamps

On helmets in a cave

Sky diving out of planes

Searching high

And searching low

Coal mining

Diamond hunting

Eyebrow piercing

Tongue gauging

Light flickering

Switching off

And switching on

Insects drawn near

Rotating and spinning

Feeling the dizzy thirst

In the office

All morning

Day and night

Brain dripping

Protein leaking

Forever crashing

Column crushing

Chord cutting

Melody playing

Sleight of handing

Cereal crunching

Flame and Fire

Spark heart’s desire

Paused for the DEI hire

West Coast buyer

Injected light

Swallowed light

Light at night

Night light

Late night

Better not bite

I’m headed out

Better not shout

Crying in the light

At first light

Morning came and gone

Forever a song

Bright lights

In my throat

Can’t see and can’t hear

Can’t even swallow a salty tear

© 2025 David Greg Harth

25.11.11.10.34.00@345ParkNYC