FIREFLIES

by

Fireflies punctuate night's dark paragraph

With flickering apostrophes of light,

Or glimmer like exclamations of hope

On an unending fly-leaf of despair....

Dancing before the eager scrutiny of my eyes,

They die, momentarily,

While a leaf is turned

Towards the shining epilogue of dawn;

Then come to life again --

Winking, fire-blinking neon asterisks

On night's black velvet page.

Above, in a cloud-hungry sky,

A myriad stars imitate

The scintillating diamond dots of fireflies,

In brilliant constancy!

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by: Paul Curtis
from: Woking, England, UK

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