The sap greens in the darkness, Masquerading as black, The sound of insects buzzing, Filling the air. You notice one far off from you, A sudden point of light flashing out at you. Within no time at all, You’re surrounded all around with these little…

There are more than 2000 species of fireflies that exist in the world today sending light signals into the skies to attract mates or prey there are two types vying for my favorite spot tropical fireflies, thar can sychronize the glownig (I imagine that’s what…

The cascading indigo dusk would blanket the summer’s eventide While orange yellow lights would glow in the skies Slowly in a rhythm one by one they would shine A magnitude of beetles glorifying the evening’s lullabies A real life rendition of van Gogh’s starry night…

We built the treehouse up in the old hickory tree we would sleep up there to escape the heat from the little cottage  our grandfather built back when he was young and strong and not hunched over with age. At night, we would watch the…

The comfort of fireflies Housed in a brown-glass bottle The fruits of labours spent over A long day of laughter Is soon forgotten, Like the African mask keepsake From a year’s past holiday, In the face of a steaming Bowl of porridge Newly removed from…

It was a strange magical evening, the fireflies danced with the stars. Flitting just with in the treeline, they zoomed around the cottage. The nightly heat filled us with lethargy; our young bodies glistening in the dark. Holding tight to empty porridge bottles, waiting, in…