Jonathan Platt
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Our Lives Are Like The Fireflies
Our Lives are like the fireflies
That flicker in the night.
Death, like an enchanted child,
Must grasp the peculiar light.
Jonathan Platt
Submitted: Sunday, December 09, 2012
Edited: Sunday, December 09, 2012
Poems by Jonathan Platt : 48 / 80
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