on the path…firefly
Last night after my run, I walked around the neighborhood and noticed this nice stone church. I forget the name of it, but it was nestled right off south glenwood, among shade trees and a large plot of manicured grass. It was dusk and had been threatening rain for about an hour.
As I was walking past I looked down in the grass and saw about 5 fireflies light up. I sat down on an available smoking bench and just observed. It was wonderful. They were just doing their thing hovering, glowing, turning on their lights then there would be nothing. It reminded me of a light show to Brian Eno’s first cut from Ambient Music 1.
It was great to sit for 5 minutes and watch all these fireflies come out and play. There were probably 15 or 20 of them. Hard to count really.
It had been a long time since I was present enough to notice and then wonder about such a simple thing. It was nice for a change.
Stephen A. Thomas