Moth-Terror

By Benjamin De Casseres

1873-1945

I have killed the moth flying around my night-light; wingless and dead it lies
         upon the floor.
(O who will kill the great Time-Moth that eats holes in my soul
         and that burrows in and through my secretest veils!)
My will against its will, and no more will it fly at my night-light
         or be hidden behind the curtains that swing in the winds.
(But O who will shatter the Change-Moth that leaves me in rags --
         tattered old tapestries that swing in the winds that blow out of Chaos!)
Night-Moth, Change-Moth, Time-Moth, eaters of dreams and of me!

DayPoems Poem No. 1515
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