I wish I were a moth| Poem by Siddhanth, 13, Mumbai

I wish I were a moth 

Fluttering around me was a moth

Embraced by happiness and warmth

Silly like a river

Flowing across the sky

Frail and thin in figure

I wondered how it flew so high

Weaving through a forest

Which by far was the lushest

Flew out into an open field

For which the warmth of the Sun

Acted as a shield

From all sadness and sorrow

Which would have left our poor moth feeling hollow

Fluttering around me was a moth

Embraced by happiness and warmth

Silly like a river

Flowing across the sky

Frail and thin in figure

I wondered how it flew so high

Oh, how I wish

As the moth I could be free

But as it left with a swish

It left me with glee.