The Pages of Their Journal

Ambition

[Posted on July 13, 2020]

"What do you want to be in your next life?" a girl asked a boy while sitting on a bench beside her.

The boy looked up in the sky and told, "I want to be a firefly."

"Why?"

"Because it gives light at night." said the boy.

A couple of seconds had passed without anyone of them uttering a word. The two were feeling the cold and dull night. The brisk wind was continuously blowing and the moonlight was at its brightest, with both of the kids wondering.

The episode of silence suddenly broke when the girl announced.

"But fireflies only live for a short time."

The boy smiled with grief and pain on his eyes. "Exactly."