Pinpricks in Twilight

A response to Lucy King’s lovely summer prompt

Pinpricks in twilight late summer’s delight — to catch the trailing tails of fireflies making merry magic yet somewhere linger tragic hints as each one dives and dips for I can glimpse the leaves above too-soon turned brown and cold beneath my summer feet and hear the winter wind echoed even on this heated breeze.

Instead, let us rest a while beneath these fading rays and revel in delight.

I’d rather close my eyes and pay no mind to winter’s coming fright.

Thanks to Lucy King for the prompt.