Jul 16, 2004 02:17
When I was a kid, that kind of lightning reminded me of 'God' taking a picture.
Have you ever seen fireflies? I hadn't seen them until recently. I was walking along some nature trail with my dad, and it was getting pretty dark. I remember seeing this tiny, bright light out the corner of my eye, then it disappeared. This happened a few times. (I thought that it must be the glowing eyes of some hick monster. It would take us back to its porch that was lit by a red light bulb which flickered on and off at whim--a place that the hick monster took all the idiots dumb enough to wander around the Mississippi woods at night.) My dad interrupted my thoughts when he mentioned 'fireflies' and told me to look ahead on the trail. They were everywhere; it was like they were lighting our path. They looked like christmas lights, except much more beautiful. I want one, but I wouldn't have the heart to keep it captive.