Fireflies

“Perhaps I can will it to be true.”

—Aimee Nezhukumatathil, World of Wonders

“I know I will search for fireflies all the rest of my days, even though they dwindle a little bit more each year. I can’t help it. They blink on and off, a lime glow to the summer night air, as if to say: I am still here, you are still here, I am still here, you are still here, I am, you are, over and over again. Perhaps I can will it to be true.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil