A grey firefly

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

A grey firefly

When the tailor, not the teller,

of a story sees a tale, it already

becomes a mastership.

When the narrator, not the author,

sees it all in light and perspective,

the poet of a writer loses the fairytale

in a dream.

But, when a small, simple firefly appears

on your outside window, I can tell you,

all on earth, that snowflakes turned

a deep harvest in a song,

a confirmation

you should have tried,

to open your window

by the next morning light!

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

April 16, 2019

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9758966-i-need-the-silent-lost-trust-in-my-soul-more

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9100729-faith-of-all-faiths-destiny-of-all-destinies-and-line

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Fireflies have one characteristic way of hiding a forest

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