Like a bonfire you are
hard to look away from.
I feel your warmth
even from afar.
Get too close
and your intensity
is vaporizing.
If only you could be
a firefly in a jar,
I ‘d let you out at night
to spread your light,
and I'd bask in the burn you ignite,
but by day
I’d keep you away
in a jar on a shelf.
Sep 27, 2014
Sep 27, 2014 at 3:14 PM UTC
Like a bonfire you are
hard to look away from.
I feel your warmth
even from afar.
Get too close
and your intensity
is vaporizing.
If only you could be
a firefly in a jar,
I ‘d let you out at night
to spread your light,
and I'd bask in the burn you ignite,
but by day
I’d keep you away
in a jar on a shelf.
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