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she missed fireflies.

she used to see them 

almost every night

flying around

lighting up the world

shining and blinking

their beautiful lights.

she used to chase them around

try to catch them

just for the chance

to see them light up

in her hand.

she always let them go

after she caught them,

but she missed

seeing their light 

every night.

ever since she moved

the beautiful fireflies

never showed up anymore.

they stayed behind

their faint glow

disappearing from her life.

it was a rare sight 

to see them nowadays

and it made her sad.

maybe it was stupid

and pointless

to miss a bug

afterall,

she hated bugs,

but this one was different.

fireflies

brought

good

to 

the 

world.

all they brought

was light.

fireflies reminded her

that there was still good 

in the world

but it was getting harder 

and

harder

to remember the good things.

the good was getting rarer

and the fireflies

were disappearing

and her heart was aching

because she tried to treasure

the good times

the good things

the good people

but they all

were disappearing

just like the fireflies.

she never saw 

her two best friends

and 

everyone else

seemed to forget about her

anyways

and it was hard

because

everyone else

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