Firefly

Her laughter followed her
as she ran at dusk
trapping a winged nocturnal beetle,
an excited firefly.

It glowed during its courtship
producing an intermittent light
from luminescent chemicals
in its abdominal organs.

Catch her smile today
in a clear glass jar,
and its radiance outshines
fireflies chased when she was small.

Her stomach flutters.
A light reflects on her hand
emitting a woman’s smile,
ready to fly into the arms of her love,
her new fiancé,
the man who finally trapped her.