Behold a Firefly Jar

© Kerry O’Connor 

Kerry O'Conner at Real Toads told us about her firefly jar where  she saves bits and pieces of prose and poems that struck her as having the power to shine in the dark. She challenged us to write our own poetic fragments and share them. 

I gathered up some of my journals I have stashed all over the house to show how I am never without pen and paper to jot down whatever inspiration my muse sends my way.

My laptop is where I transfer my scribbles into readable print. 

Firefly Fragments

Speak grace

with your lips

so karma

will return with joy.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Your past

is what you were.

Let go of it

and point your heart

toward what you can

become.

~~~~~~~~~~~

We cry over spilt milk

when it was our hands

that overfilled the glass.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

I see a sunrise

and never think

of the science

that brought it…

to me it is glory

and welcome,

a gift to breathe

in another day.

©Susie Clevenger

Real Toads Sunday Challenge ~ Poetry for the Firefly Jar