glowworms in the dark

the beaten down rover a sledge over the avalanche an escapade for us fanatics who dreamt of steamrolling coasting through the rigid line known as life that's its signature grief chases us yet we elude sly smiles plastered throughout the witchhunt bait and switch high tempo to the whimsical twang crescendo and decrescendo no tie or draw just life brewing that's its signature fireworks born to shine brightest one moment fade to oblivion in the next that is life in its simplest purest honesty that's its signature the heights we dreamt we crawl we growl we brawl we shawl the distance light years us ants yet we push glowworms in the motion sick profound pitch black almost there limbs frozen akimbo a full circle to a crooked lane fate that's us from the dullest undertones to the passionate hues that's us the inevitable aftermath we face once again its wrath the once easy foe the avalanche catches up we give it no heed that's us