Solstice Night

		  Doug Love

An Indian out in Illinois
Told me, that when he was a boy, 
He had learned a legend-song
Filled with magic power so strong
That if I tell part of ots charm
And lose some details, there's no harm.

It says that, on the shortest night
Of summer, if the stars aren't bright,
The lightning bugs are sure to glow
And give to us their brightest show.

And any person who can make
Himself or herself stay awake
The whole night long to watch this sight
Will have a life at least as bright.

For just a moment, lights appear -
Some over there, then over here.
And shinng over all the lawn
Until outshone by next day's dawn.
I think I see the lesson here.
When life is dark, faint lights are clear.