A Love Poem Written for a Mosquito
By Kyra Saige
Everybody wants to kill you because of your vampire-like tendencies , but I ’ ll just let you sit . They grab the nearest object to smash your tiny body without thinking about your gender , or orientation . They assume they know what you are because of the way you look , and where you came from . You ’ re so beautiful and no one realizes . They do not understand that you were not made by accident .
We are alike , you know , little one . We both find it hard to survive without the sun and have fleeting thoughts that race through our minds like your wings zooming past my ear .
As you land on my book and distract my thoughts , let me tell you that this here is a safe place . A place where nothing can hurt you . You may not understand that I could kill you right now with a little wave of my hand But I won ’ t , because I have no reason to . You know other things though , that I do not . Please do not be afraid of me , little one . I am not your enemy .
I wish I could shrink down to your size and fly around , farther than I ’ ve ever been before . But you are probably wishing that you were bigger . Please suck all the blood you want from my skin . You cannot take enough to harm me . Maybe I will be uncomfortable because of the poison that is now coursing through my veins , but I ’ ll know that you never meant any harm by it . You have your own to feed , as do I .
All my friends say that you ’ re bad , and I know I should think so too , but they never stop to think that you aren ’ t prejudiced as humans are . You are only trying to survive in this harsh wild . So tell me , little mosquito , Why is it that I am deemed worthy enough to decide whether you get to live or die ? Just because I am bigger than you , does not mean that your life means any less than mine .
I hope you have a good life , little one . Please remember me , the kind one . Come visit me again , and remind me at a time when I most need to hear it that you , a mosquito , have lessons to teach that I cannot learn by myself . As you fly away , the sun catches your wings and I see how hard you are trying to survive . Be careful , my dear . I hope there are more people out there who treasure you as I do . I hope we meet again in the future .
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