Light My Way

By: Alyssa Pennini

Wandering through the dark trees

There’s a quiet stillness, not even a breeze

Only pale stars dot the night sky

As the moon has said its brief goodbye

With no path through the forest maze

Panic burns through my body like a blaze

Within my chest, my heart pounds

The pulse of blood the only sound

Fear eventually turns to sorrow

With no direction in which to follow

Now I place my faith in the earth

And wait for a sign from the universe

To remember hope is not lost if I stray

For fireflies have come to light my way