Alight

Wrote this in 1 minute flat, no joke. Scott said something, don't remember what, and I suddenly had to write this down. Go figure.

In those last moments
Before a bulb burns out
It burns more brightly
That at any other point in its life.

Before the filament blackens
Shrivels
And falls, dust
It is ablaze, the heat
Darkening the bulb
For a second

Or less

The glass becomes foggy
Before the light vanishes
Altogether

The bulb is then removed and replaced with a fresh bulb, whose filament burns dully.