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Margaret had a garden full of fireflies,
She herded them at dusk and dawn
before the sun or moon rise.
They danced with her like children dance,
Like drunken angels flicking lanterns at the sky.
Till one day a hard wind drove through
And winter stayed, yes, winter stayed.
The fireflies, they looked askance,
They asked of her, they asked of her,
What had gone askew with the man who always,
always hid from view.
She sighed to them a well-worn sigh
and they limned her with light.
The thing, she said, about the man who strays
from sight.
Well I love him so and he loves me, but his soulâs
grown tangled and far from free.
His mindâs been poisoned by manâs war.
He forgot what his bodyâs for.
The fireflies swarmed amongst themselves
And made a terrifying swell,
They said to Margaret, they might could help
To dull the pain, the pain to quell.
âCause we know of another world,
Where your love could wait
Painless and timeless for thee.
Margaret sighed her well-worn sigh,
Said that could be best.
She walked upstairs with a comet tail of fireflies,
Into the room where Justus lies.
She made the coffee, took his hand,
Said Iâll see soon in other lands,
For you neednât love this world so full of pain,
If but for a while you pretend you do.
The flicking lights, they came as one,
And covered him in their soft glow and hum.
They pulled the light right out of him and raised it
to the sky.
He looked down upon, where Margaret alone lie.
He said I spent my last breath in the light,
in the light of your eyes.
And I neednât love this world so full of pain,
For such a long while, I pretended to.