Half
asleep I heard you talking
Saying
something about fireflies
You could
see them
Just outside
the window
Every so
often
I rolled
over to look
I didn’t
see fireflies
I
saw the lit up neighbor’s yard
Glimpsed
a corner of the full moon
Saw
a reflection of the closet light
Everything
except lighting bugs
So I
rolled back over
Let you
have this one
Something for
yourself
I knew you
were having trouble
Couldn’t
make yourself sleep
Now you
had lights to count
One dancing fairy
Sitting
on my window
Two dancing fairies
Spinning
past outside
Maybe you
will get lucky
Your
dreams will dwell on this
The
flashing biochemical tails
Flickering
on and off
In a determined pattern
Will trigger
a deep sleep
And in the
recesses of slumber
The bright
bugs will communicate
They want
you to know
They
appreciate you
And the
nice children you raised
You helped
their friend
Just
the other night
The spider
would have gotten him for sure
But you
helped first
So they borrowed
your dreams
For a few
moments
To say
thank you
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