Ronan Barbour

glowing green

I still wander looking for EXIT signs
down the long hallway
of old Hollywood hotel
wood shiny and rotting from use
smelling of mint roach disinfectant 

I want to haunt and live
the best two hours of my movie this year
as I say at the dawn of every 
still here

I remember the fire I felt
on the long journey here
young and determined and excited 

I remember the fires that started out there
and came home with me
raging in my mind over my shoulder as I 
envisioned leaving 
the great burning city behind 
but I always turned back
to the apocalyptic tune 
wielding my glowing soul grenade launcher
not quite done yet

my fire is now more dream than starlight 
New Kid Arrived; I tell you
you may hear me in the late choked night 
you might dread me on the walls
you will find parts of me in the corners 
overlooked
you will love here, you will lose here, you
will dream even more here, you might die
here, you might need to escape here or
you might just continue and fade out here

for my part
I still envision the fire