Death Is a Firefly | Obongofon Etuk | Poetry

  Death is a firefly, A flick’ring cheat that glimmers in the dark, And draws us in with promises of light Deeper into pits where sorrow breeds, Where the sun is but a tale the old once told, And the moonlight stares a cold unblinking eye. A child lies dead hard by my neighbour’s door, […]

Death Is a Firefly | Obongofon Etuk | Poetry
  Death is a firefly, A flick’ring cheat that glimmers in the dark, And draws us in with promises of light Deeper into pits where sorrow breeds, Where the sun is but a tale the old once told, And the moonlight stares a cold unblinking eye. A child lies dead hard by my neighbour’s door, […]