“Once upon a time” – said the first Star;
“Flew a very tiny moth without pair,
his wings, both, have grey shades
and matching images in both sides.”
“Poor moth, poor moth, fell in love”;
continued a new star; “For the light above,
He flew and sighed, praising the Moon
and deep in his soul craved to be her groom.”
“Ah, Moth”, chant all the stars together,
“Why aspiring a love for a lady so higher ?
Many of your kind are close of your reach
but within the endless sky you search ?”
“We are the moon vast bridal dress;
she reigns in the nights with our bless;
while you glance after her own grace;
her shinning only reflects our own face.”
The stars are suddenly silent mourning;
the body of the moth rested unmoving –
besides a lamppost, his wings scorched
and with swiftly wind his spirit departed.
“Oh, poor Moth; such distressed measure;
or a gloomy mistake, we will never be sure –
if the artificial light had his lover’s visage
or the distance caused a fatal rampage.”
“But that is not how it ends; more happened”
- a shooting star with her final dive claimed -
“The lingering spirit hovered in the moon’s orbit
and yelled his fading words revealing his gambit.”
“Before joining with spirits to again be reborn;
I deem to death all my undying scorn;
If a thousand deaths I will have to endure;
a thousand times I shall be enticed by your allure.”
Author notes
love is eternal, life is a boat to find it
Written January 9th, 2006
In a list
A contest entry
- Inspired by the Moon by marmalade.
300 points, ended September 18, 2006, 40 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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Wonderfully imaginative, thank you for entering
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Very nice
Very cool. I love the idea of the moth constantly going for the moon and ending up being burnt instead by the lamplight...very unique and well done. -
Aali
Gee Joao..you are surprising me so much today!!Quite lots of great poetry I read today and almost all of them were yours.
Thanks for sharing this with us
~Massy~
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Falling in love with someone who is far away and can't possibly have..yet love never gives up or lets down. An emotional and touching write..excellent one. Good luck in the contest..take care~
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how painful it is to love the ones we seemingly can't have... great display of emotions in this poem... i really like it!
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Wow i love this poem, it is honestly the best i have seen in a long time.
'“Before joining with spirits to again be reborn;
I deem to death all my undying scorn;
If a thousand deaths I will have to endure;
a thousand times I shall be enticed by your allure.” '
This last verse really does hit home and brings a brilliant end to this poem.
Good luck in the contest
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Very different but great just the same. Good luck Monday!!!!
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It's good
Loving someone who has a higher station in life can be very difficult. You did a good job in representing this in your poem. Well done! -
wow, ery well written, and i see the meaning behind it too, i like this poem but judging is monday so good luck.
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