The Firefly and the Goose

by rkcdlitt

People laugh at me,
call me silly –
tell me I’m fat,
like a goose;
but at night a light,
twinkling deep behind my eyes
let’s me flicker from tree to tree
like the firefly I truly wish to be.

©Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.

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retired literature and writing professor; I write spiritual, meditative, and prayerful blogs. My life is devoted to prayer and healing prayer for all I meet.

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