For Magpie Tales
Each one of us
Approach the light
In a myriad of ways
Face on
Side ways
Open armed
Or closed
From the back
From the front
On and on we go
We try
Again and again
Thanks to God
And Tesla
Life and light are not
Open flames
We continually
Scorch and escape
Again
And again
Not unlike the moth
We are drawn
To the flame
We test the fiery waters
Of life
And sometimes
We refrain
From repeating mistakes
That delivered us
Too closely to the flame
