Heat Lightning & Lightning Bugs

Aug 09, 2024

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From the Wayfarer archive, Summer 2015

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Three hours after lights out

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At the ashram

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I awaken

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And witness unexpected illumination

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Flashes in the cloudy heavens Reveal patterns across the firmament Until

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During a lull

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Against the dark expanse

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A single firefly shines

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Am I the sky

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Or

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Am I the fly

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I ask the universe

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“And”

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Not “Or”

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A voic…

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