Fireflies
Feb 9, 2022
My love always loved fireflies.
So when she was told her days were few,
what harm would come if I tinkered
in her dying form?
I did it to please her.
Her genes code now for luciferase
and she glows to herself
in her bed, the soft warm
slow flash calling me
into the dark room
to lie beside her
and dream endless summer.
