Fireflies
Paul Fleischman

 

Light
Light
is the ink we use
Night
Night
is our parchment
 
We're
fireflies
fireflies
flickering
flitting
 
flashing
fireflies
 
glimmering
fireflies
gleaming
glowing
 
Insect calligraphers
Insect calligraphers
practicing penmanship
 
copying sentences
Six-legged scribblers
Six-legged scribblers
of vanishing messages,
 
fleeting graffiti
Fine artists in flight
Fine artists in flight
adding dabs of light
 
bright brush strokes
Signing the June nights
Signing the June nights
as if they were paintings
as if they were paintings
  We're
flickering
fireflies
fireflies
flickering
fireflies.
fireflies.