The Moth

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    All life is precious. 

    The Moth

    In the solitude of my garden room

    A single moth outside catches my eye

    Fluttering in its golden costume

    Its flight gone frantically awry

     

    Slowly it flutters toward the earth below

    Landing softly without ceremony

    It twitches and turns to and fro

    Withering in sullen quiet harmony

     

    Suddenly it is still as all life escapes it

    Now completely lifeless before me

    Its lonely sprit it does finally emit

    Becoming one with nature’s canvas of debris 

     

    A life has ended with my eyes as witness

    And I can’t seem to weep at its death

    My feelings leave me frozen and actless

    I pause and take a single deep breath 

     

    Was that simple moth’s life without any meaning?

    Will my passing be witnessed without a trace of a tear?

     With these questions in mind I lift the moth from its bedding 

    And bury it with silent reverence… and an appropriate prayer.

    ©Copyright 2009 Charles Gragg

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    connsk8 commented on The Moth

    09-22-2009

    This I love, you acknowledged nature even in its most simple seemingly insignificant form and how you described it was beautiful in its plainness, you gave it beauty, you are in your glory in this one, or at least I am in enjoying it,thank you my Friend for showing us beauty where we never thought to look before and appreciating something we take for granted...
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    Charlie23 commented on The Moth

    09-14-2009

    Your so dry! I love your humor, hampton! Such a peaceful beginning, brought to an untimely end...maybe I dunno what their lifespan is.
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    Hampton

    09/14/2009

    Thanks for getting the subtle messages I try to build into most of my poems. A poem without a message leaves the reader wanting.

    ginga commented on The Moth

    09-12-2009

    Hampton, Even a moth deserves the care and prayer you have imposed upon its demise. I love the philosophical and human touches you have displayed in this song to a moth. ginga
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    Hampton

    09/12/2009

    Thank you. You seem to have a sensitive soul.

    StandingBear commented on The Moth

    09-11-2009

    Life is a circle and we're all along for the ride. We wonder whom loves us, really loves us. Whom will shed tears when we are gone. We wonder and hope they will at least not cry for long. A top notch instant fav.
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    Hampton

    09/11/2009

    My sincere thanks to you for taking the time to review and comment.

    Artie commented on The Moth

    09-11-2009

    You always manage to find a subjects of such beauty and strength, in the most unusual places. lol - 10 from me
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    Hampton

    09/11/2009

    Thank you Artie.

    Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

    Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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