My color, flutter,

catches your eye, and I'm craved

You snatch me with pride -

I have not a long lifespan,

allow me the time I have

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A/N: This is a Tanka poem. Tanka is similar to a freestyle poem of five lines. One of the flexible guidelines is that it has a syllable count of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. It is an unrhymed poem made up of two parts, the first three lines being Part 1, and the last two lines being Part 2. The Tanka is usually centered around nature, but you may also write it on a personal and emotional level. It is a form of Japanese poetry, related to the haiku.