Sheltered by the relative immensity of the summer porch, a web

and spider go unnoticed by important people about their business

while the firefly struggles–filaments ensnare and extinguish light.

Such things can only be seen through childish eyes, and longing

for the light that was will transfigure the mind to hope for light again.

Sheltered by the relative immensity of business and important people,

a soul goes unnoticed in a web of must and of now and of silence.

while the true self struggles–filaments ensnare and extinguish light.

Kneeling, armed with a bent reed, a smoldering wick, we begin the work.

It is no small thing to care for the firefly, to clean its wings, to set it free.

Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.

Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína