Fireflies
Unyielding purity, capable wonder, confident action,
Innocent query, unknowing wisdom, entitled arrogance.
An amiable nature, providing possibility.
A generous future, granting potency.
The quagmires of the mind are rendered powerless;
Evils of the world go unaccomplished.
Corruption is purified; The flame of sin is extinguished.
View the extent of this power.
However just, however good this power,
It is not singularly immortal.
Its champions, however valiant, however effective,
Are extinguished, one by one.
Yet are distinguished, too, one by one.
Thus, immortality is reached.
Leaving its own legacy, it replenishes itself.
And so this power is unshakable and immortal;
The power of youth.
Copyright © Johny Smith | Year Posted 2009
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