The Firefly Who Fell In Love (Children’s poem with changing meter)

Once a little firefly,

falling deep in love

with a bright star in the sky

tried to fly high above.

He flew,

for love so true

up to the blue

sky above.

“Bright star

seen from afar”,

he said, “You are

my bright love”.

But, poor little firefly,

little did he know,

starry Heaven’s far too high

for fireflies to go.

Fell, he

down to the sea

that he could see

far below.

“I’ll die”,

cried that poor fly,

“Drown and goodbye

to my glow”.

But, suddenly,

from undersea,

something popped to the surface.

An amorous

anemone,

a glowing smile on her face.

“I saw you glow

from down below

and fell in love”, she said.

Then happily,

the fly and she,

‘tween sky and sea, were wed.