

Moth Dust Light.Moth Dust by ~Zrev
So bright, so attracting.
Fly.
Closer. Closer. Closer still...
There.
Shiny.
I want to touch it. To feel it. To taste it, feel it on my small tongue; the soft, mellow taste of light...
I get too close and I hit it. It's hard, not soft like it should be.
It pushes me back.
Too late. I'm entranced. No stopping me now.
I move towards it again. I have to taste it. I know it's delicious. That's why it hides behind that shield.


Moth Today I called her a moth.Moth by ~tetemeko
Nobody believed me when I said I didn't mean it as an insult. Moths are disgustingly beautiful animals that you see dead more often than alive. I remember when I thought that moth was just a dead butterfly, a special sound used for ripping the life out of something colorful and bright. The word itself is scornful and thick and comes from Middle English mot, meaning maggot. In Spanish, she would be polilla, which sounds like a dance, and in German, she is Nachtfalter, which is a dance.
I think everyone assumed I meant to insult her because it is true. She is dark and plain, and her hair is fuzzed all over. She smel