Firefly

Firefly

Somewhere, 

within the tall, dead

grasses of a valley

far, far away, 

your firefly heart

flickers through the night,

a forever wandering 

little light. I still remember

how I used to hold you

 in reverently cupped palms. 

 Yet I could never 

keep you by my side,

for then, you 

would no longer shine.