Madison Woods Friday Fictioneers photo prompt for this week was a bit different from mine. Similar elements make this one a reasonable substitution. You can learn more about Friday Fictioneers, see her original picture and find links to other posts here: http://madisonwoods.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/moths-at-the-drive-through/
It’s a lot of fun to read the posts and find out where it takes others. If you write, it’s a great challenge to try to get your thoughts from start to finish in about 100 words.
I took this picture of an automeris io moth the other day and was intrigued by its colors and markings.
This one is a male, the female of the species is brown.
So in 100 words, here is a love story
But you sleep on…
Brighter than the yellow moon
Soft thuds in the nighttime gloom
I beat to reach the glowing light,
To join with you in pure delight
Silent, strident for attention
But you sleep on.
Eyes upon my wings rimmed red
Stung with tears I cannot shed.
Wearing now remaint of gold;
Touched with cryptic symbols old
No one takes heed.
Don’t see I’m freed!
But you sleep on;
Break from that cocoon you’ve spun
Wake and see the setting sun!
Fly with me across the air
There is still so much to share.
I must be gone
But you sleep on.