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Stoplight Fireflies

Stoplight Fireflies Stoplight fireflies blink yellow over vacant intersections Owls whisper on the mist mime-like field mice listen Soft surf muffles side step clatter of crab legs Feral eyes swallow waning moonlight A possum waddles beneath blinking yellow fireflies. ©John G. Lawless 4/3/2017

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Debbie Duncan

Date: 5/6/2017 5:42:00 PM

I saw the fireflies cause I wrote one called fireflies. Nice imagery in this one. Thank you for reading my Hell Found Me :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 4/6/2017 10:28:00 PM

I saw the title and just had to see this one. I LOVE the imagery and imagining this sleepy old town. Wish I lived by a beach with soft surf! A FAVE

Charlie Smith

Date: 4/4/2017 3:09:00 PM

and all's right with the world, good one John...

John Lawless
Date: 4/5/2017 5:13:00 AM

yeah, Charlie, nature does have a simplicity to it...

Heidi Sands

Date: 4/4/2017 2:12:00 PM

I like this John, and I could see the possum waddling beneath the fireflies. :)

John Lawless
Date: 4/5/2017 5:12:00 AM

those possum always crack me up when they "run" away...thanks for stopping to read and comment.

Tim Smith

Date: 4/4/2017 1:47:00 PM

Very nice John...an urban oasis

John Lawless
Date: 4/5/2017 5:10:00 AM

yeah Tim, there is a lot of "night life" we really don't want to know about in the city.

Chris Green

Date: 4/4/2017 1:24:00 PM

A nice nature scene created in your poetic words. I really liked the title and the thought associated with it. The entire piece is great.

John Lawless
Date: 4/5/2017 5:10:00 AM

Thanks Chris, I was sitting at a flashing yellow light when the muse awoke and said.....well you know...