Fire Fly
By Dave Thompson, Kenai
You’re just what’s been buggin me
Twinkling through the starlit trees
In heat of night bout mid June
Under the amber crescent moon
I’ve waited through the coldest season
Your glowing presence is my reason
To share this night of summer’s glory
Flashing out your lifelong story
You began an egg then grew full term
To become a nocturnal glowing worm
Then as if some magic thing
An instant more you took to wing
A young boy’s game beneath the stars
To put you all in mason jars
Ever brighter, watch it glow
This flashing luminescent show
To waste the night inside alone
I’d miss your presence unbeknown
Dawn is what you seem to fear
Your lighthouse soon to disappear
Games are games, they all must end
But only once the rules I’ll bend
So off with lid for you my friend
With solemn regret and rejoicing shrug
Good night to you oh lightning bug!
