[Poem] Life in a Jar

[dahlia_moon]

Life in a Jar

Nothing is clear to a firefly stuck in a jar,
nothing is clear to a human stuck on the earth
with no wings to fly or explore. 

So, the firefly flutters about the jar,
and the humans flutter about the earth,
with their weird unintentional lies
and theories,
and paranoid explanations,
for everything right and wrong.

Science is a beautiful thing,
for the firefly to get out of that jar,
but be forewarned to not suffocate art and imagination;
just like holes in the jar sustain the firefly,
so do the holes sustain the human race.

[9/26/07]