What the Fireflies Knew

by Kai Harris

But if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my family, it’s that when you hurt, you gotta ignore it and pretend it don’t exist; otherwise it’ll swallow you whole.

Sometimes you gotta give up something you want to get something you need.

Lansing is summer like I never knew summer before. I wanna know it always, but I always wanna leave. This is how I spend each moment: busy loving and hating, having and letting go.

Ain’t none of that in Detroit. In that city, feels like the only peace you can find is when you leave.

I think he’s gon’ cry, but his tears are tiny soldiers, perfectly balanced on the edge of a steep hill. I need to learn his secret for keeping ’em up on that hill.