Julia

15

Intrepid, bold, and foolish was the one
Who broke the barrier of glass jar walls
A firefly, propelling his own sun
For he who lacks the nerve to fly just falls.
Recalling his own home, he looked behind
And saw what once distorted his own view
His brethren bumped around with the same mind
So with his golden tail in tow, he flew.
The cosmos were his own, his own to take
To find, to hold, to rule as their sole king.
The void gave no love, please do not mistake;
He gave up home to find another thing.
And so he drifts, so stern and cavalier,
A lonely star in his plaster frontier.