It appeared without warning one fine summer’s night.
Shimmering and swaying in the distance, the light caught my eye as I lazed on the front porch, sipping on my lemonade, gazing up at the clear sky, dotted with specks of stars.
Closer and closer it came, until I could almost reach out and touch the shining glow with the palm of my hand.
Gently, it settled on the wooden lounge chair, just out of my arm’s reach.
And with a quick flutter, the firefly lifted its luminous wings, flitting out of my life, with the reassurance that it would be back again the next day, much like the Moon promised me every night.
©Shailaja V
Written for Five Sentence Fiction's Prompt: Luminous
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Really amazingly written Shailaja ji :).
Beautifully written Shailaja
Thank you Tina 🙂 Hope you saw my Fiction Challenge link up? 🙂
I will give this a try. Sounds really interesting and difficult. 🙂
Nah, not difficult 😉 Come on! I look forward to it 😀
Loved this. I could see the firefly flitting toward me in my mind. You painted a lovely picture for us with your 5 sentences! ♥
Thank you so much, Kathy 🙂
Beautiful!! I love fireflies a lot.. I believe fireflies are stars on earth.. Can’t get enough of them.. Haven’t seen one in a few years though!! 🙁
Sigh.. indeed. The pollution has done more damage than we can care to admit 🙁
Beautifully described as if I could feel the firefly by my side 🙂
It’s been long since I have seen a firefly. Beautiful write.
Ahh this was beautiful…for a moment i thought you were speaking about an apparition…
Yes that was my intention 🙂
Such a vivid narration. I was almost sitting with you!
Oh I am happy that you felt that way 🙂
A visually rich narrative. Could see myself enjoying that magical night.
I was actually not too happy with the way this one came out. But your comment tells me otherwise. Thank you for that 🙂
Lovely! They do make evenings rather magical but they are a rather rare sight nowadays.
Very rare sight, unfortunately 🙁 Thanks for stopping by, Monica 🙂
Lovely and magical
Very glad you thought so 🙂
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🙂 Beautiful.
Thank you 🙂
That was beautiful! I could feel the firefly by my side! Aren’t they a rare species in our urban jungle? I so miss them!
As rare as sparrows and butterflies 🙁 This pollution is not doing anyone any good. Thanks for reading, Shilpa 🙂