Fireflies

Do you wonder?
Do you know?
Where do all the fireflies go?

After summer,
Could it be
They become the autumn leaves?
Lovely colors
Drifting down,
To lie at last upon the ground?

When winter winds
Start to blow
Do they become the flakes of snow?
Dancing, flying
On the wind,
To lie upon the ground again?

In the springtime,
Do they grow
As daffodils all in a row?
Sunny faces
Shining bright
'Til their return to fiery flight?

Here's what I think
Fireflies do
After summertime is through:

When cool nights come
They will fly
To find a place up in the sky
And many twinkling,
Starry lights
Are fireflies waiting for summer nights.

(c) JF 2002