Moth
Spread mottled wings,
a large hairy head
lay flat upon the window glass
clinging
to its invisible rock-face.
Up close
eyes as black as the night,
glimmering from the shine
of a flashlight, but of themselves
there is no glitter
nor any gleam of being.
Is this an empty shell
driven only by instinct?
Antenna wave
searching perhaps my reflection?
The creature cannot possibly know
what a human face is.
The moth cannot understand
the import of what it sees, senses
through this transparent
briefly lit barrier,
yet who cannot help but wonder?
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2020
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