The leaded window opened
              
              
                to move the dancing candle flame
              
              
                And the first Moths of summer
              
              
                suicidal came.
              
              
                And a new breeze chattered
              
              
                in its May-bud tenderness ---
              
              
                Sending water-lillies sailing
              
              
                as she turned to get undressed.
              
              
                And the long night awakened
              
              
                and we soared on powdered wings ---
              
              
                Circling our tomorrows
              
              
                in the wary month of Spring.
              
              
                Chasing shadows slipping
              
              
                in a magic lantern slide ---
              
              
                Creatures of the candle
              
              
                on a night-light-ride.
              
              
                Dipping and weaving --- flutter
              
              
                through the golden needle's eye
              
              
                in our haystack madness. Butterfly-stroking
              
              
                on a Spring-tide high.
              
              
                Life's too long (as the Lemming said)
              
              
                as the candle burned and the Moths were wed.
              
              
                And we'll all burn together as the wick grows higher ---
              
              
                before the candle's dead.
              
              
                The leaded window opened
              
              
                to move the dancing candle flame.
              
              
                And the first moths of summer
              
              
                suicidal came
              
              
                to join in the worship
              
              
                of the light that never dies
              
              
                in a moment's reflection
              
              
                of two moths spinning in her eyes.