Fireflies

6/10/25

The fireflies told me a secret not so long ago. Some of the conversation was about their light, but I forgot the rest. I saw them again at the same little pond I usually spend time in, but they weren’t showing their light like they used to, as if they got embarrassed of it once they told me. I wanted them to lighten up again, and I didn’t want to feel as if it was my fault for it. But later on, I understood, in one of the nights I was just sitting down under the tree at night beside the little pond, that maybe waiting for them to appear again was the solution. I waited and waited. They were there but didn’t emit any light. Weeks and months passed, and I finally gave up. I was truly sad, but maybe sometimes, as hard as you try, some fireflies, as beautiful as they are, won’t ever lighten up again.