Firefly

The misty landscape swayed with the rain

And the thick grass ran untamed

Sprinkling drops across the grassy ocean

Trees bobbed side to side in willing commotion

The night air ran through my loose clothes

The smell completed my senses with musky rose

Flowers popped up like lights from the town

And the brushing wind swept across without a sound

Fireflies swam into the wet sunset air

And they frolicked about in their love affair

Their buzz lit up like red stars against the black skyline

Down they came and we as one intertwined

Circling about, until they reached the moving sky

Above the night green trees they did fly

Their multitude landed upon every tree

To each leaf as far as my eyes could see

They engulfed the forest that surrounded my meadow

And on they buzzed with their joyous, crackling echo

Light filled every pedal and patch of grass

But the trueness of this solemn story is with me alas

My fireflies filled not the air, topping my trees

But it is flames that now quell my grassy seas

My only wish is to catch a little firefly in my jar

And a thousand landscapes will I mar

To catch my firefly and hold her in my hands

Oh firefly, I know you are the one who understands

Author's Note

This poem was inspired by my friend Hyatt who is a (delusional) paranoid schizophrenic. Recently she started a small forest fire that almost took her life. When I visited her in the hospital the next day she spoke only one word: "Firefly".

Reviews

[Hyatt Vincent]

Good job (: I enjoy it. I think its well written. Perhaps more on the actual fire tho? Oh, n I deserve some credit for the idea ^^ haha

[Lily]

This is really good!

[emma]

really descriptive. had a lot of detail, and the senses, which added a lot to how real the poem felt to me. well written and beautiful. nice work.