Firefly
Published in the 2025 KEEPERS Youth Poetry Anthology
Leave the switch off
I don't have to turn on the light
To see the truth
Once hidden in the dark
I no longer fear the gloom it contains
I've learned to bloom
Without the light
Time is moving fast every day
Yet I'm not running
I'm walking cuz life
Is more about pacing than racing
Trusting that every step I take
Falls into place in ways
So that I can breathe, freely
I've stopped searching for this light to save me
I’m no longer desperate for a way out of this maze
I found my glow within my soul
I dance to my own rhythm, my own flow
So for now ill stay in the dark
Where I learned to be my own spark
My conscience is telling me that my broken pieces
Have turned into a beautiful mosaic
I’m whole now