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Moth & Butterfly

The butterfly of many talents

talked nothing but of himself...

and never stopped to Listen

or gain true conversational wealth

cloaked in flamboyent colors

his butterfly wings so huge,

captured a little lost lady moth

(looking for the moon)

and kept her as his muse

 

just as the wings of the butterfly

so was the moths heart large

and so she inspired her captor unconditionally..

and loved freely, fanning him...

& flapping her wings too hard...

each time they would tear ,

she'd ignore the searing pain

for with all of her inner beauty;

by no means was she vain

 

the butterfly misused his muse

did not reciprocate emotion

so her wings drooping stupidly

with blind devotion

were as lost shadowed in his coloring

as before.......

searching for the light of moon in black ocean

 

he had never saved her from the vast

sky-sea & empty Galaxy

But used her flutter as a tool

to satisfy his selfish artistic needs

 

the little lost moth lost flight

As she began to understand

the light butterfly provided

was a stage light made by man

 

all the time she lost

robbed her spirit and stole her grace

so she rubbed the powder off his big bright wings and thought

-what good is his outward beauty now that he can no longer soar in space-

Disenchanted but free at last

moth tries but can never trust color

won't inspire art or music

and will never love another.....

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Written by
jacquelyn-lowe
American
Published
Nov 2, 2014
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