Epitaph I Poem by Naveed Khalid

Epitaph I



Moths gather around the light and die
one after the other;
but their little wings are dried,
expos'd to the lamp,
like burnt-out shadows these words:
I write them down to his grave,
that to reach for the stars as if
they'd lost their way back home.

(C) Naveed Khalid

Copy Rights (C) 2011.
All Rights Reserved.

Date Created: Tuesday, October 18,2011 1: 27: 07 AM

Friday, November 7, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: epitaph
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Close
Error Success