Firefly

We've been running scared

through tangled snares

afraid to bear the rusty cross

the thoughts of loss

coat hearts in frost

til we fear the icy air

we breath in heaves

that scatter the leaves

from the trees that give us shelter

no matter the weather

flocks of a feather

seek skies ever fairer

and a hope to find the dawn

rise on the horizon

see again the day begun

from their roost among the clouds

as our heads are bowed

we drape this shroud

over the life we can't live without

and yet within the doubt

that we'll survive this drought

is a light that dares to linger

a firefly upon my outstretched finger

illuminating all I once found meager

in the pencil-tip shade of melancholy

it's there within that scenery

the picture came into clarity

and I thought with reforged sincerity

there's a possibility I might again be me.

Reviews

[Kayleen]

great poem i love when rhyme is done well and does not come across as cheesy or trying to hard. very nice flow with concise and meaningful lines. that is difficult to execute successfully so great job 🖒