Firefly Glowing Brightly

As night creeps up and darkness brings
A flashing light goes by on wings
A neon green his life emits
As through the air he gently flits

This little beetle, not a fly
That dances in the evening sky
And twinkles like the stars above
When he’s intent on making love

While down below, his lady fair
Gives off her own pale greenish flare
While sitting on a blade of grass
Watching for her mate to pass

His light that shines, gives off no heat
And in the warmth, does faster beat
He signals her with much persistence
She answers him with no resistance

This lamp that glows is bioluminescent
And shines a verdant luminescent
Their offspring also faintly show
Much paler, yet they surely glow

The males are so much more abundant
The females somewhat quite redundant
As males outnumber fifty to one
So most of them the ladies shun

They eat not much at adult age
But devour much in the growing stage
There food consists of slugs and snails
That they can track from slimy trails

This miracle of living light
That brightens up the darkest night
This little creature a shining pendant
So divine and so transcendent