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poem submitted to "Stars or Fireflies Fibonacci" poetry contest, Hiya Sharma, sponsor, August 6, 2026

FUNERAL OF FIREFLIES

soft  
sparks  
gone now  
fade gently
encroaching twilight  
meadow-whispers cradle their glow 
night remembers their wanderings with wistful wonder  
tiny lantern-souls drift upward, offering the darkness, their final trembling shimmer
 
summer grasses bow in reverence, holding the hush like a hymn, honoring each brief, bright life that stitched warm magic into the waiting air

we, the mourners of small miracles, gather their glimmers in our grieving palms, grateful for the tender radiance they gave the world, for the way their fleeting flames taught us to cherish each fragile flicker of luminous beauty.
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