The Moth

 The moth

beats

beats

beats her wings

beaten

by the 

space

between the window

and the screen 

so tight

and straight

she could not

have seen

the fatal flaw in the screen

where she came in,

so paralyzed by fear and doubt,

she cannot see

the way to get out.

Mercy is the opening

of a space that never was before

to let a trapped moth soar.