The Last Firefly of the Season

Firefly is on an adventure

out at first darkness

fresh with hope
and tracing possibility

flickering on branches

through still vales

up steep hillsides

down to water's edge
a month since its last kin

traipsed the light fantastic

all come and gone

How far has firefly come
and how long has it searched

to now hover above the treeline

a view worth the effort

the better to be seen

floating high over the lagoon

it sees the larger world

and notices below

its own soft reflection

off and on

finds it entrancing
and enough