The fireflies came out tonight.
The fireflies came out.
One by the fence
and one by the tree
and one going all about.
I tried to catch them carefully
without a squash or shake,
and when one blinked inside my hand
my whole hand looked awake.
I showed my sister.
Then I let it go.
It floated up, then dipped down low.
Then all at once
there seemed to be
a hundred lights
all over the dark
like tiny green thoughts
the yard was thinking.
The fireflies came out tonight.
I wish they would stay late.