To Close To This Flame

The rice paper-moth
Still drawn in,
By this orange flame
The dance become the trance
Your wings
Are not made of wax, but
Made of rice paper
Remember, Icarus and Daedalus
Do not fly too close to the sun
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Moreno Avatar
September 17, 2009 at 11:17 PM
You have a way of writing about insects...
Brown Avatar
September 16, 2009 at 4:43 AM
Breathtaking. Thank you for sharing Gregory.Love, Carol
Culverhouse Avatar
September 15, 2009 at 4:52 PM
nicely done, good writing
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September 15, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Nicely done. I can see the scene. Keep writing. Sara
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