The moth and the flame

We tend to desperately want things that pain us and kill us in the end.

Like the delicate dance

Of the moth and the flame

You draw me in and drive me insane

And I simply don't stand a chance.

I flop my wings, desperate to escape

Escape the heat before it hurts me.

But without a doubt, I can clearly see

The burning fire changing my shape.

Even though it's dangerous,

Regardless that it brings me pain,

I return to the flame over again

As if I'm trying to prove my braveness.

But the fire casts me away,

Every time that I come back.

It rages and fiercely attacks

And this dance continues almost every day.

So when this dance finally ends,

The moth can fly no more.

His delicate wings are broken and sore

As he lays on the ground and to the sky he never ascends.

Author's Note

Thank you for reading :)

Reviews

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

This is a smart write echoes to the human experience, how the person trying to overcome struggles in life and reach the impossible. The last line magnified the real essence of being human that sometimes we failed but the most important thing we tried our best. Thanks for sharing this stunning and brilliant write my friend.

[LadySoDivine]

It's most important to try, isn't it? Thank you so much for the great review :)

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Yea that's the spirit of humankind to try always, you are welcome and you are a promising writer. :)

[soliloquy]

I enjoyed this. Very stylish and full of meaning.

[LadySoDivine]

Thank you very much :)

[Brianna Brie]

I touched briefly on the fire and the moth once in a poem. I like how you expand it to make the moth a real entity of human life. All that the moth feels and its assured end. Thanks for entering your poem in the "Never Again" contest.

[LadySoDivine]

Thank you very much for your review :D

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the use of the moth and the flame. You create a good story with a real ending. When we dance close to the fire. Easy to get burn and cannot be free again. No weakness in the poem. Thank you for the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Deeper La'jik]

The last line created such a profound spin to this piece - excellent!

[LadySoDivine]

Thank you :)

[Danilo Ašanin / ..]

I like how you use imaginary situations to describe real-life problems. It's one of your main points. Rhyming and flow are flawless,as usual. :)

[LadySoDivine]

Thank you so much :3 And what happened? You haven't posted anything in a while. Lack of inspiration?

[Danilo Ašanin / RiPPJawS]

Lack of time. I published a poem this morning. :)

[Jack...]

I like the style you have used here. :)> Very cool, your description and rhyming are very good. You have told us what we all should now by now, just try, maybe you will get burned and maybe you wont. Very cool my friend.

[LadySoDivine]

Thank you so much for the review Jack! It always makes my day :)