M O T H | Teen Ink

M O T H

June 3, 2022
By raphaellalaurence BRONZE, Richmond, California
raphaellalaurence BRONZE, Richmond, California
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swimming in a midnight stew of silver sky 

as light as the froth blown from the seas

the liquid moonlight cries, “come here!”


shimmering your sandy glow like

december mist illuminated by the quiet porch light

you hear colors when she calls your name


swirling towards her faint glow 

you drink her light like nectar


sprinkling sugar on skin 

made of your powered dust you

glide in your repetitive pattern


shivers a luminous beating heart

cupped in the hands of a honeysuckle’s flower


shaped by micro-feathers and

pocket-sized wings

a boneless body made of paper thin glass

too delicate for 

brittle human hands to touch


The author's comments:

My name is Raphaella Laurence and I am a 16 year old sophomore student at Berkeley High School. I was inspired to write a poem about a moth while I was carving a stamp of a moth for my photo art class. It made me want to describe a moth in an engaging way for my poetry final for school. 


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