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Fireflies

Posted by Erlyn Olivia on
Photo by Andrew Morris on Unsplash

petite delight angels

your light is magnificent

like bedtime story wrapped in lullaby

but inside the glass cage

of countless days imprisoned

freedom then perished, broken over time

wings start to fall, consumed

and pain is beyond mended

no longer a bewitching dancing lights

the soul at last conclude

that time has been suspended

old lullaby will soon exit the night

Kerf poem consists of 12 lines made up of 4 tercets, with 6/7/10 syllabic counts for each tercet, following a rhyme scene of abc abc dec dec.

Please visit the following links to see more wonderful poetry submissions from others.

What Do You See # 77 using the image above

RDP Monday 12 April 2021 – Glass

MLMM Opposing Forces: incorporating opposing words of imprisoned – free and break – mend

#NaPoWriMo2021 – Day 12 (no prompt)

13 Comments

  1. Sadje says:
    April 12, 2021 at 2:39 pm

    Beautiful, poignant poem Erlyn! It was a fairytale gone wrong. The ending made me sad as no one should suffer for the gift they have.
    Thanks for joining in with this lovely poem

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 12, 2021 at 2:42 pm

      Indeed, Sadje. Just a different take of the image I guess. I thought I went the opposite way, although the image is actually giving me a warm, peaceful feeling.

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      1. Sadje says:
        April 12, 2021 at 9:55 pm

        It’s all about what you see. Everyone can see something different. Thanks

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  2. Mason Bushell says:
    April 12, 2021 at 10:41 pm

    All these funky poetry types with all those complex lines and syllables and stuff far too complex for me. If I can rhyme the last word in a couple of sentences that’s about as poetic as I can get. You made a beautiful poignant job with this one, well done!

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 12, 2021 at 5:18 pm

      LOL…I know exactly what you mean. On some days I felt like taking the challenge to try new funky type, but I admit it took a certain mood and a long time to finish one. I look at it like a puzzle. And then on some days I felt like not wanting to be caged in rules. It depends on the mood I guess. Thank you for visiting. 😊

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      1. Mason Bushell says:
        April 12, 2021 at 5:45 pm

        You did it and you di well, Elryn. Thats the important thing.

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        1. Erlyn Olivia says:
          April 13, 2021 at 1:25 am

          Thank you. 😊

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  3. Athira says:
    April 13, 2021 at 5:22 pm

    Beautiful poem👌🏻

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 13, 2021 at 6:15 pm

      Thank you.

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  4. judeitakali says:
    April 14, 2021 at 11:36 am

    Gorgeous and creative poetry.

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    1. Erlyn Olivia says:
      April 14, 2021 at 2:09 pm

      Thank you, Jude. 🙂

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      1. judeitakali says:
        April 14, 2021 at 4:36 pm

        My pleasure. 🍁

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