Beyond Fireworks

Fireworks?
Oh no, darlin’.
Those little flare-ups are for
first dates and first kisses,
silly crushes and infatuations.
We’re beyond that.
We’re like dynamite blasting, bombs detonating
and volcanos erupting,
or chemicals combusting, stars burning,
and galaxies collapsing.
We’re creation and destruction.

Bigger than any holiday display,
our love is an explosion,
lighting up the cosmos—

and it’s brilliant.