Bright flashes
Radiating
Plant life
Pulsating
Differing rhythms
Coming from all
As the flaming sky
Twists and curls
When I was small
Coming into myself
The family
Unknowingly
Made me feel
Unwell
Dark shadows
Deepening
A danger
Looming
A silence takes place
Of the lovely sounds
Every time the light
And flashes dim
When I was small
He was always absent
Sleeping
And working
His life
Away
When I was small
I wanted a father
Who didn't scare me
A family
Who didn't frighten me
Into denial
Of myself
And my attraction