flashlights

flashlights can fix
what night brings
countless shadows
mix and mingle what can't be seen
with what was never there to begin with
in the darkness there are smiles
not yet attached to faces
but flashlights are dangerous glimmers
they simmer with light
bright
bold
barely visible beyond the distance
they fix what night brings
questions
too many stars to remember
against the sky
we look up
put our hands out
hoping we can hold what we cannot see
there are flashlights in the tips of our fingers
so we touch each other
hoping to unveil the curtain of darkness
in the night
all things are clear
with flashlights
fighting to keep more than themselves alive