What Am I Like? Poem by Sebastian Soberania

I am like a firefly
In the dark after the rain
Keeping peace with
The mangroves
Away from the rest
Of the crowd
Which i cannot really
Keep pace

they do not like
my kind of light and
hence put me
behind their glare

i do not mind
i keep on shining even
when i am asleep
even when i dream or
perhaps die
i keep my light
shining
my fire burning

there is no one
that can turn me off
not even myself

i keep this light
this eternity