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firefly tandem

 

\"yellow firefly dust\"    

(10-AUG-2010)                                                                                               


blue skies over horizon again
Child arrives, jumps about
looking pretty and tall

the only sure part— that dust
                flying near Silence
where fireflies wait

now, yellow dust fades
into green beginnings
then, fireflies once more

 

 

 

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a repost from 2010; happy birthday, my darling Child

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\"then, fire flies again\"
( 01-AUG-2025)
 
 
twilight drapes the meadow
soft child’s laughter weaves
through grassy eyes

wide with ember-dreams
across the dusk—a spiral bloom
drifting through still shroud

where tiny lights convene
glints of gold ignite hope
stitching constellations near

then, fire flies again





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.. a revisit of \"yellow firefly dust\" after 15 years, the child is grown and the flame still burning... happy birthday, my darling Child still. ©Frederick Kesner