Rene Carter Poet Free verse

Dangerous Wings

1/3/2019

Laying within the walls
Of a young child’s hand
A trapped moth
Longs for release 

The child plays
Dancing in the grass
And a yellow flower
Calls her close

In a moment of diversion
She frees the moth
Allowing it to dance
and explore the sky

With freedom its wings grow
Reaching for the sun
Bathing in the clouds
Feeling what it’s like 
To live outside the walls

But when it goes too high
The sun burns its chest
And it cannot breathe

Forced to come down
The moth does not know 
Where to go
Or where to land

So it falls
Longing for the hands
Of the child
Dancing in the grass

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Andrew Fairchild January 19, 2019 at 7:27 AM It always amazes me that bees and butterflies have such a short lifespan -- it must be the same for moths, eh? Very nice! Thank You!