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Lightning Bug
Lightning bug
Trapped
Between my window and screen
Bound by wire and glass
You signal with your lantern
For assistance from your kin
I watch you flicker violently
As I fall asleep
Your lighthouse body
Your beacon to the night
In the morning
I wake to find you at the bottom of the pane
Dry
Dark
Lifeless
Your friends weren’t there
Trapped
Between my window and screen
Bound by wire and glass
You signal with your lantern
For assistance from your kin
I watch you flicker violently
As I fall asleep
Your lighthouse body
Your beacon to the night
In the morning
I wake to find you at the bottom of the pane
Dry
Dark
Lifeless
Your friends weren’t there
Published 25th May 2013
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25th May 2013 8:49pm
25th May 2013 9:07pm
To tell the truth I thought the premise was kind of dumb to begin with but having read the whole thing I like it. It includes a lot of parallelisms. Great job IMO
26th May 2013 00:34am
4th Jun 2013 5:23am
Great write"art imitates life..or life imitates art" either way we as humans are much like the lifeless firefly
