Roy Jerden Poet Couplet

Message of the Moth

Enticed to the light on the top porch, you hover...
Moon child of the night, do you look for a lover?

Oh little moth, it's you and I alone,
each bound for a troth of our acquaintance unknown.

Must I be a wife to one not of my choosing,
a servant for life only fit for amusing?

Oh, moth of the moon is it a message you bear,
a sign opportune to the plea in my prayer?

I see open sky through the room’s gaping window...
If I could just fly, I would lift wings and go!

November 5, 2014

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Arlene Smith December 13, 2014 at 9:06 PM Simply magnificent, my poetic friend!.. Hugs.. Arlene

Teddy Kimathi November 19, 2014 at 3:23 AM An enchanting piece you have there Roy! My mind sailed to the sky after reading this piece! :-)

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders November 18, 2014 at 9:54 PM I love how you wrote from a woman's perspective...wonderfully creative. Congrats on your win, Roy!! Hugs, Rhonda

Jan Allison November 18, 2014 at 12:00 PM so so creative Roy really enjoyed this write - many congrats:-) hugs jan xx

Connie Marcum Wong November 17, 2014 at 10:40 PM Congratulations on your wonderful win with this poem I was sure would be a winner. Thank you for your kind remarks about my poem, but it didn't cut the mustard.

Maurice Yvonne November 17, 2014 at 8:15 PM This is an incredibly creative take on the challenge. Just Brilliantly written. I am reading so many really great poems this evening. I have faved more poems tonight then I have in quite a while. This too has to be added to my favs. Congratulations on your well desrved win.

Connie Marcum Wong November 12, 2014 at 9:12 PM The message is clear in your wonderful entry Roy. Written with a woman's perspective. It is one of having the freedom of choice and not being abliged to be united to one that feels a sense of possession, stuck in an abusive loveless union. This is sure to be on the winner's list! Roy Jerden November 14, 2014 at 8:39 PM Thanks Connie! I saw your great entry and I guess they are both about freedom, in different ways. An open window is a metaphor for freedom. In mine, there's an old superstition that seeing a moth means that a letter or message is coming, the bigger the moth, the more important. The Luna moth is huge!

Nette Onclaud November 6, 2014 at 7:57 PM tremendous visuals and lyrical images here, roy.. I feel like fluttering!.. belated thanks for my placement in your contest.. I'm in a jet-lag mode right now.. huggs!

Sara Kendrick November 5, 2014 at 4:34 PM The Lunar Moth is such a beautiful moth..Great work..Enjoyed reading this one.Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara