The Moth Said to the Lamplight

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"Oh, my dear lamplight
hear me!
You look so bright
I can't get you of my sight
Everytime you shine
through the darkness
And light the way
in which I fly--
Towards you
Slowly eating the distance
between us two.
Though it hurts
It badly hurts
my dear
But you are the most beautiful thing I've ever seen
I want to draw myself closer
I insist
For all I want
is to touch you
To know how it feels
to caress a light.
Would I be beautiful too?
Would I take part of the glamour that is in you?
No.
Please
do not answer me.
I want to know it by myself--
To linger it
To simply feel
So please
Let me
Would you?

Why not
my dear?

I've tried so many times:
My eyes ached
Yet I never wanted to stop.
I felt the pain
The heat that fights against my skin
forcing itself to come in--
But I don't want to.
Never will I go back
I can do this.
If the next time I'll try
Still
you are to hurt my eyes
Then so be it!
Hurt me and I'll cry
But never will I stop
Never will I go back
I'm gonna reach my destination.
I'll do whatever it takes:
Correct what was wrong
Do better if what I did wasn't enough--
Try me.
I'll say this
once again
There's no turning back.

If touching you
means death
Believe me
I am so willing to die--
And I tell you
That now
is the right time."

--- Ly Chasen

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