Lighting Bug



Something glowed inside me

and I became your lightning bug.

My wings beat upon the air

with the ferocity of a hurricane

And I perched on your railing

to sing my synesthesia song.

My back pulses with the light

of the joy that I may sing for you.

May the beat of my wings

serenade you to sleep.
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Written on January 04, 2024

Submitted by LadyPhantasmagoria on January 06, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 303
Words 72
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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