Like a Firefly
I'm chasing an illusion but I've no choice
maybe this is where my freedom lies!
Swirling and dancing to the tunes of some invisible flute.
Am afraid the world will learn about my feelings without me having to show!!
It's hard to put in words the pictures in my mind,
there's a burst of emotions, so many of them
it's hard to keep count.
Every passing moment a battle,
in order to clutch even more forcefully to that moment
which I like to think is mine.
I don't envy the glory of the crimson hued butterflies
who're surrounded by flowers and have rainbows as their allies
nor is it the softness of the flower petals or the sprinkle of dew drops
that draws my attention.
All I rather wanna do is stretch out my wings and reach out to the Sun,
which is maybe oblivious to my humble presence
But extinguishing myself in it's fire gives meaning to my senseless existence...
I am like the Firefly, that tiny devotee of the fire,
whose name is so much it's own.
Living it, loving it and then embracing it for the love of it
not knowing one day it will be engulfed by the very object of it's own desire.
But this is where my freedom lies for I am a FIREFLY!
Copyright © Varsha Tomar | Year Posted 2013
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