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elie lichtschein 👽🛹's avatar

this is beautiful. i love poetry about fireflies. absolutely loved this. thanks for sharing

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Thanks you, Elie. I greatly appreciate the feedback.

I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Ana Cristina Caelen's avatar

This made me happy 🤍

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That is wonderful. Poetry should move us somehow.

Stephanie M. Vargo's avatar

I am overjoyed that they are back. Thank you for this poem.

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They were so pretty.

Brandi Lynn's avatar

It is so comforting how the return of something as simple as fireflies can feel like a quiet act of forgiveness ✨

Gray's avatar

I saw a firefly for the first time 4/5 years ago and it was so insanely magical. They are ethereal little beings that bring a little extra light in our lives when we need it ✨

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In the twilight, it’s almost as though they are half in this world and half in another.

Perhaps that’s what the blinking is, them shifting between the two…