FIREFLIES AND THE MOON

Fireflies and the Moon

After the rain
the fireflies came,
like a galaxy being born,
attracted by the oil lamp,
I had lit
in the power-cut,
from the storm.

I watched their bioluminescence dance,
while a fast emerging Moon,
faded in and out of iridescent clouds,
a perfect synchrony of lights -
that faded - far too soon.