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M O T H
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
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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.