FIREFLY AND LIGHT

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So, i was talking to someone over the phone outside in the cool of the evening yesterday and a gentle insect flew to my front. I could not see it because it was already dark at that time. So all i did was preen on it’s light and wondered how a tiny insect like that could emit such essence in a dark world.

My inquisition led me to ‘Google’ the next morning. i just had to know the mystery behind this tiny and beautiful insect. Base on my research, the light that comes from the lower part of its abdomen is caused by a chemical reaction called BIOLUMINESCENCE.

Wikipedia defines it as a production and emission of light by a living organism. If you ask me, i really would love to have such a reaction but i believe you and i already possess that light. We display that light each time we converge here to compose beautiful poems.

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19 thoughts on “FIREFLY AND LIGHT”

  1. The Firefly

    Sometimes it’s an ugly old bug
    That is the keeper of the lamp.
    Christ had no physical beauty
    But He bore God’s own facial stamp.
    Scars in His head, His hands and feet
    Spelled the end of Man’s defeat.
    ……………………
    I am homely like that too,
    But I too bear the light,
    Although the lamp-stand isn’t nice.
    For His Will, beauty need not suffice.

    It’s the luminescence that’s the essence
    Not the effervescent countenance.

  2. Fireflies light
    The twilight skies
    Illuminating our way
    Down by the river
    You took me in ur arms & we begin to sway,
    dancing to the sweet music
    of cicadas in the grass
    Lulling us into a love
    That was predestined to last.

  3. You are the habit
    She’s unwilling to break
    Even though its proving
    You could be a mistake
    But pride will prevent her
    From seeing the light
    She wont accept defeat
    Without a hellish fight
    Like a firefly fluttering
    Trapped in a jar
    She has no way back
    This has gone too far

  4. Memories of you firefly
    across my dark eyes
    glancing back in time
    streetlighting yesterday.

    Dancing within your light
    our nights awakened us
    you loved to take my hand
    make me touch your dark.

    We’d find a shy dawn
    whispering sweet songs
    you’d make me then
    tasting your light again.

  5. FIREFLY
    ‪Palm to palm‬
    ‪We walked the path you knew‬
    ‪To the edge‬
    ‪Of the creek‬
    ‪Where they played,‬
    ‪Like you did as a child.‬
    ‪It was so dark‬
    ‪I could barely see‬
    ‪Your silhouette‬
    ‪Before a flicker of light‬
    ‪Illuminated.‬
    ‪Another flicker answered.‬
    ‪We stood silent‬
    ‪As the water trickled‬
    ‪And the fireflies‬
    ‪Blinked and danced‬
    ‪Their conversation.‬
    ‪Skimming the surface‬
    ‪Of the water.‬
    ‪Rounding our backs,‬
    ‪Assessing the‬
    ‪Interlopers.‬
    ‪The blinking slowed‬
    ‪Going out‬
    ‪One by one‬
    ‪Until we were‬
    ‪back in the dark.‬
    ‪and I couldn’t see‬
    ‪Your silhouette.‬
    ‪There was just‬
    ‪Your hand in mine.‬

  6. A friendly ghost
    of a last goodbye
    foisted upon me a smile
    amiable silence linger
    between me n the dark
    where shines fireflies .

    i mime my joy to flicker
    lighting alleyways of
    night scented jasmine
    wrapping my mood in
    an alchemy of feelings
    to a beautiful yellow moon.

  7. Firefly starlight
    Beauty across the sky
    Love in time has flown by
    Butterfly flown across the sun
    Your wings look on fire
    Today’s going to be a perfect day
    Together what do you say

    POEM BY KARL WOMACK

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