What the Fireflies Knew

by Kai Harris

Cause sometimes it’s worth it to give something so you can get something.

The truth ain’t always somethin’ good.

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.

girl and her daddy, and something that seems small but is too big to ever get through. It can be that way, with daddies.

“When we lose someone we love, it’s easy to just pretend they was never there. To try and make it easier. But it don’t work, cause they was there. And now you got a big ol’ hole where that person used to be.”

I bet it feels like being lifted so high up in the air it feels like flying, but being held so tight that no matter what happens, you know you ain’t

As I stand there in the middle of the room, watching Nia, I’m torn between wanting to be just like her and wanting to be nothin’ like her.

It’s like I’m standing in a field full of fireflies, struggling to catch ’em all,

daddy hug is something special that you don’t even know you need.