Last night I caught and set free a lightning bug <br />Oh, right around nine times <br />By the tenth time I had him he was lookin kinda stunned <br />So I set him free once more. <br /> <br />I lifted up my finger for his climbin tree <br />Blew all down his back <br />And I set wind to those old wings of his <br />And he did fly! <br /> <br />Goodbye my dear lightning bug <br />So long dear old friend <br />I wish you well as I say goodbye <br />Meet a happy end. <br /> <br />Fare thee well my lightning bug <br />I would see you fly <br />On you go my firefly <br />Off to light up the sky. <br /> <br />I turned around to look and see behind <br />To veiw what may have been before <br />I saw the sky, it was fading far away <br />From pink to red to orange to blue to gray <br /> <br />Close to the ground there was a sea of blinking light <br />I think I saw you there <br />One fleeting moment when you gave your light to me <br />You caught my eyes unaware. <br /> <br />Soar on high my darling friend <br />Let them see your resonating glow <br />I will blow a kiss to ride the skipping wind <br />To taste and receive what sorrow. <br /> <br />So, goodbye my lovely lightning bug <br />So long to a true old friend <br />I wish you well as I turn away <br />Find your long happy end. <br /> <br />Peace to you my firefly <br />Lift off and take flight <br />Thank you for seeing, touching, sharing with me <br />My smiling blinking eyes flood with this 'goodnight'<br /><br />Tara Crown<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lightning-bug/
