Streetlight flickers once -
startled, moth pauses mid‑flight,
wings held like paper.
About the Creator
Antoni De'Leon
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. (Helen Keller).
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Comments (8)
Well-wrought, and a well-captured moment!
This is quite the picture of a moth in the light. Good job.
It's like us sometimes, those paper wings that makes us become uncertain in our flight of existence. Lovely poem...its been a while.
Phenomenal writing AD!
moth wings are indeed like paper
Great imagery and your cover picture complimented your poem 🥰
Great images in your few words
I especially loved the last line!