(TPS) STM

STM

She was blinded by the light
Kinda funny really
"What's it like to transcend?"
She asked as she transcended
Making it look much easier than it is

She said "I don't want to leave me friend Mathew
If I go to the next level will he still be here. . ."
"Do you want him to remain here?"
"Well someone has to stand guard."
"Why?"

She asked, "Are the stars out tonight?"
"The stars are always there
Just hard to see sometimes."
"Have you always been a teenage diplomat?"
"There was that one incident with the merry-go-round
And the calliope . . ."
"How did you play the hand?"
"I threw the Duce of Thunder."
"Did you win the hand?"
"No . . . she threw the Three of Thorns."

She said, "I want to dance with the far distant suns
And I want you to teach me."
"Hon, everything I know is already inside you
And now its just a question of reading your own palm."
"But it can't be that simple."
"Its even simpler than you think
That's what makes it all so complicated."
"I hate when you say crap like that."

"There once was a young girl
That wanted to entertain the Sun named Ra
And she wore her best dress
And danced, oh God she could dance.
But Ra is such a busy god
And when he left
She asked where he was going
But he didn't answer.
She took it kinda personal.
Then came the Night and she was so confused.
I will not speak the Darkness she walked in
It makes me cry.
Anyway she started to dance in the dark
And because she couldn't see herself
She exceeded herself in the dance.
Ra found her and she was glad."
"But she didn't dance the Sun back into the Sky."
"Can you be sure of that?"

Quixotic as ever

William C. Burns, Jr.