2002-04-28 - 1:14 a.m.
Camping 7/26/2001
i stared at the bonfire burning before me
and the fire leapt like dolphins through a stormy sky
as i sat there, consumed by the dancing flames,
i heard the dwarves rustling through the dry leaves littered across the forest floor
they called out many things:
freak
fag
you're so gay
their words stung like acid on an open wound
from out of the forest vale glided the most beautiful creature imaginable
the light of the fire flickered across her fluttering wings as she descended onto my hunched shoulder
my gaze settled upon her lovely face and she began to whisper
to sing
the dwarves may be screaming obscenities
but her whisper could silence their deafening roar
it was delicate and sweet to the ear
and i relaxed into it like the folds of an ancient quilt
we sat like that until the morning sun began to peak over the horizon
the fire had burned down to just a few warm embers
and the magic that had accompanied it was wilting in the rays of the sun
once again i gazed at the creature on my shoulder
but the beauty of the previous eve had vanished
now the demon which clung there slowly sunk it's venomous teeth into my naked earlobe
whatever she had been
she was no more
a screech echoed through the silence of that piercingly suny afternoon
but it soon grew into a roar
and she answered it
her whisper was gone as she laughed and spit on my face
then i ran
i left that horrid place of nightmares
and returned to my world of dreams
back home someone's thundering around
their heart is consumed with anger
someone called them gay
what is gay?
gay means happy
'come on come on get happy'
let's all dance the night away
let's frolic on the autumn breeze
and go skinny dipping in the sky
let's whisper together, you and i
and let us sing.
