Firefly Poem by Shirley Harrison

Firefly

I screamed your name up to the sky
and at the stars
but you didn't reply
I cried me a river
that flowed down stream
I watched every mountain
crumble to sea
I watched the Raven fly on high
looking down,
looking he was, looking down at me
where are you, my beloved darling?
no longer with me
are you sitting on a rainbow?
or are you napping on a cloud?
please, please, I just want to see
I screamed your name up to the sky
and at the stars
but you didn't reply…

and I know you never will.

Firefly
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Topic(s) of this poem: firefly,grief,rainbow,raven
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
for anyone who has ever lost someone they love.
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