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Poetic T Feb 2016
My thoughts were upon one moment
When above my head a lonely moth
Did fly. I walked in a line a zig zag
But he still did follow above my
Brow little wings did flutter about.

I stopped for a moment to my amazement
Where there was but one now two did
Drift within the air. Hello little ones I did
Ask what does bring you upon this hour
Floating above my head over my hair.

I walked a while pretending that the
Flickers were imagination not really there.
But where two once were now three glided,
Fluttered above I felt the cooling air.
Why follow me wee ones why do you care.

Little ones who fly with me, I ponder in
Thought yet you effortlessly spiral above
My figure. Can I ask why you do this, could
You cease this. Would you possibly reconsider
As interrupting my remarkable endeavour.

But on I walked where so few had once been
More did collect above my feature, I shooed
Them my arms did wave above my head.
People walking past looked and sniggered,
Great now I look crazy as you do flutter.

I carried on my thoughts still bright, even
Though these above my head you think
It would dim get gradually dimmer. But
A light had gone off and would not flicker.

Then I realised what had caused this action
The thought so bright it was a metaphorical
Light upon my feature. So bright the idea
Did they see, so hovering on the gleam.

I sat upon a bench and out came paper and
Pen, my thoughts now concentrated from
Thought to matter. With that the little
Reflection now emptied scribbled on paper.

Where many had floated above all now
Were dispensing as the light had slowly
Grows significantly dimmer. But one did
Stay it saw potential of brighter, bigger.

So if a moth on a dark night decides to
Hover and you just had a thought.
Realize that these little ones can see
The light and the ideas that flicker.
oni Oct 2015
i am like a moth
willingly flying
into the light
only to be burned

maybe i am
willing to lose
my wings
because i
want to remember
how it was
to not be able
to fly,
back when i was
a flightless creature
who loved the moon

maybe i am still
not worthy
of wings
JW Aug 2015
Fill me with pills to quit my mouth
My ignorance spews unannounced
I'm like a moth drawn to the flame
I'll burn myself and say I'm okay
But deep down I'm rotting away
Knowing that the pain will never fade
Rue G Jul 2015
Bright flame
You call
Say my name
And I fall

But had I the choice
I’d fly away
To hear Her voice
Just one more day
written May 17, 2010
Rue G Jun 2015
I sent off my heart today,
in folds of ink and moth's wings.

I whispered a wish and let go,
so it could flit across the waters.

When it reaches you,
will you hold it close, and set me free?

Or will you burn it,
and let my prayers rise to the heavens?
written July 2014
SøułSurvivør Jun 2015
~~~¡>¡<¡~~~

chrystophaise beauty
amorphous
night
phosphorous
lanterns
creating your
light

feather'd antenni
soft golden
eyes
a fairie
a wraith
a mask of
disguise

animate jewel
gently you
swoon
sentient sweetness
breath of the
moon

in the
somnbulent
silence
you
sing
exquisite
Luna moth

TRANCE
on the

WING



soulsurvivor
6/14/2015
~~~¡>¡<¡~~~
Hannah Jade Jan 2015
First she ate too much,
Then not enough.
She closed herself off from the world.
Wrapped herself in a cocoon of doubt.
She was an odd little caterpillar,
That gave up on ever becoming a butterfly.
I'm not in the brightest of places...
Sombro Jan 2015
The night is dark against your fair fur feathers
And your wingspan holds true against the glass.
Legs splayed against the pane, hard and fast pressed against the portal to my world.
You'll do anything to touch the light.

I cannot blame you, I have been there,
Outside in the cold warming yourself with the thought of a light bulb
Feeling the phosphorus of that explosion with your eyes and ears
Longing to be a part of what is good.

No, I cannot let you in, for
I am ready to selfishly bathe in this illumination
The moonlight will do for you
So I suppose I'm just as bad as the others were when

They kept me out.

Window panes and light refrains
From being yours, but mine.
All you shall do is hang there and wish
You had a light switch of your own

Ready to make your own world bright
Ready to lift you from the darkness
Ready to help you spread your wings
And fly in the day like all the other successes.
With just a flick.

Poor moth, it must be
Cold out there.
There's a moth on my window.
Rockie Dec 2014
Light filters through the windows
Like a little moth
Or pretty butterfly

It floods the dawn
Drowning the hopeful and the tired
Like a cup of sweet tea

Light melts the doubt
Of the depressed
And the lonely

Light,
Beautiful in the daytime
Milky in the moonlight
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