It flutters madly near the flame

Knows the price and still is game

Kisses light and drinks in pain

Let the singeing keep it sane

Catch it quick before it burns

Keep it safe before it learns

The freedom of the blaring light

Destined in it’s fragile flight

Trap it with a Spider’s net

Tangled words and rules each set

To keep it safe and tear it down

The jewel piece in a broken crown

Release it from the glass case chill

And in your hands you hold it still

And off it’s wings you rub the dust

Crippled for it’s good, you trust

By your hands now paralyzed

To die unhurt, unrealized

Bleeding soul from which to learn

That this is better than to burn?