Windows Redux

You were once as open as the sky

As boundless as the fireflies in June

At your window watching life go by

Your light has dimmed too fast and much too soon

As boundless as the fireflies in June

Inside a Mason jar to please the eye

Your light has dimmed too fast and much too soon

Without air, a fire's going to die

Inside a Mason jar to please the eye

Your gold transforms to dross, treasure to ruin

Without air, a fire's going to die

Blind as well as masked, you're not immune

Gold transforms to dross, treasure to ruin

Behind those glass panes on which you rely

Blind as well as masked, you're not immune

You can't shut out the past though you may try

Behind those glass panes on which you rely

At your window watching life go by

You can't shut out the past though you may try

You were once as open as the sky.

(done with the "proper" Pantoum rhyme scheme of abab)

Windows

image from Poets United

You were once as open as the sky

As boundless as the fireflies in June

Watching life through window panes of glass

Your light has dimmed too early and too fast

As boundless as the fireflies in June

Saved inside a Mason jar for keeps

Your light has dimmed too early and too fast

Without air, a fire will not last

Saved inside a Mason jar for keeps

A precious treasure transforms into dross

Without air, a fire will not last

Your windows make you blind as well as masked

A precious treasures transforms into dross

The panes you trust to keep you safe inside

Your windows make you blind as well as masked

An illusion to shut out your past

The panes you trust to keep you safe inside

Watching life through window panes of glass

An illusion to shut out your past

You were once as open as the sky.

submitted for Form For All, Pantoum, at dVerse Poets Pub

and Thursday Think Tank, Windows, at Poets United