Fireflies

I chase ideas like
fireflies, don't I?

I carry no jar
(and should I remember one,
I'd forget to poke holes in the top)
but my hands swing and miss them
sometimes - more often than not.

My vision's based on movement -
they're invisible
until one gets too excited or searches for her car keys
and I follow the yellow,
     then lose it,
but never truly grow tired of waiting
for another flash.


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Age when written: 15