Firefly

I’ve been chasing love

Like catching fireflies

Lighting up my nights

Opening my eyes

Catching fireflies

Put them in a jar

Holes in the lid

Match the holes in my heart

I know I have a heart

It’s been broken many times

I know I can’t own love

I’m familiar with the signs

Always drawn to beings

So free they turn me on

But when I hold too tightly

They resist and then they’re gone

I didn’t want to want you

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But just like all the others

The love I give is all I have

Some seem to feel it smothers

Feelings are the gateway

My champions within

Seeking love outside myself

Is a game I cannot win

So I give myself permission

To be all that I am

Bring freedom to my emptiness

Freedom is the plan

Freedom from my longing

Like I’ve never felt before

Freedom of the firefly

Escaping from a jar

And so I’ve come to learn

With this recent last goodbye

The love I am is all there is

I am the firefly.