Monday, February 6, 2012

Firefly


The fly squirms in your hand
Burns green at the palm
Incandescent, luminous
Trapped, Free
It is the only living thing left
Through the cave
And yourself
You sell shortly
Collapsing
The Fly flees as it burns
You purposefully curse
Raising up to the light
The fly lives too.

Christopher Baird 2011 ©

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