FIREFLIES
Under moving stars
we watch them glow,
these captives of ours
and begin to know
the ease of power.
We could let them go
or keep them for hours.
The night is navy blue.
Suddenly a summer shower
makes us prisoners too
of our mother’s voice
and the house we knew.
We release them
to the darkness
and their freedom.
© Barbara Alfaro
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