Fuse

Ready? Set...

The lights went out that day. Suddenly, the world was covered in a dark blanket.
At that time, no one expected much of you. No one batted an eye, not even if you were to open your mouth and let all kinds of shouts and curses come flowing out.

In that way, you were kept invisible and small.

For the longest time you were built like glass and everyone could simply peer into you. Nothing was hidden and you could never grow, either. It made you wonder, every day, why it had to be. Become lighter than air and simply rise, becoming part of the sky.

They all looked up, scared.

Through your skin all sorts of stars begin to twinkle, filtering through and around you, becoming sharp and bitter and landing on their eyes roughly.

You gained the gift of color that day as they all finally were backed into closing their eyes. Turn opaque, undeniable, branding your shape to under their eyelids.

The fuse blew out and you are what crawled from the inside of the cut powerlines.