a tale of tails, tenacity, and tedium, as told by me, usually barefoot and bellowing

Sunday, September 22, 2013

The Mag, The Moth and the Lamp

The Moth and the Lamp, Cesar Santos

Beautiful in death
She had no belief
In tales of dangerous desire
Drawn to the light
She perished by fire
Thanks for the challenge, Tess.

27 comments:

Anonymous said...

OOh deadly:) Well done.
Tigerbrite

TexWisGirl said...

but she looked good doing it. :)

steveroni said...

This is almost as
sad as reality--grin!

Gues we ALL like to look good "doing it" whatever "it" is...

Thanks for your succinctness. I have not mastered that, after 80 years of "trying"

Sandee said...

Very well done. Very well.

Have a terrific day. :)

Gillena Cox said...

Have a happy Sunday

much love...

Lynne said...

I don't know how you manage to do it . . . deadly beauty.

MadSnapper said...

and all i can think is why wasn't the painting a MALE moth... i do like your poem and it is apt for the paining... oops that was a mispelled word but i think paining is a good one for this

LilliStJohn said...

Way to go Mz King - see you are at it again - waitin on the novel :)

Michaele said...

Oh my!

Again you have rose wonderfully to the challenge.

Susan Anderson said...

Bam. You nailed that one, Gail.

=)

Willow said...

Oh you wonderful dark diva you !
Well done.

Kathe W. said...

Bravo! Well done!

Laurie Kolp said...

Poor thing!

Sketching with Dogs said...

Exquisite!
Lynne x

Truedessa said...

A sad poem in death she was drawn
to the light..

Susan Kane said...

A delightfully exquisite piece of writing. Thank you for the image painted with your words.

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

Good one! I miss the mags!

Susie Clevenger said...

So tragic..beautifully written

Jinksy said...

Death by fire... Oo, nasty!

21 Wits said...

Ouchy!

LindaG said...

Ooohhhhh..... :-O

Berowne said...

Provocative and quite impressive...

Unknown said...

Someone you know?

The Fifth Horseman said...

Immolation cannot be pleasant.

gautami tripathy said...

Excellent writing!

crystal ball

Katherine said...

Sad :-(

Amateur Economist said...

An excellent poem, conveying the message in just a few lines in such a brilliant manner.

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