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 "I only ask to be free as the butterflies are free."

                                                    Quote _ by Charles Dickens

O, butterflies so beautifully delicate . . . 
          fluttering to my garden  . . .where I have planted flowers
       for them to sip sweet nectar with their long tongue
      yes, bring all your lovely friends
  and they come fluttering, fluttering
to kiss the swaying flowers

           ~  do you know that the butterfly is a metaphor for
transformation, hope, new beginnings, for resurrection
        and triumph of spirit  ~ 

      I adore their reflective, iridescent wings
        such intense colors that make the butterfly
a beautiful flying insect like a flying garden flower
purple, blue, orange and yellow wings
that mingle with the rainbow flowers in my garden
            such sublime gems . . . 

~  do you know life is short for a butterfly
         for only a few weeks the butterfly lives in the moment
O, from colorless caterpillar to divine winged creature  ~

caught in the rain I have seen them stay perfectly still
        until the drops stop and they dry their wings
             and that they sleep hanging from a branch or leaf
      in deep foliage, so I have bushes for them
                       I have given them a water bath to dip wings
     for days that are hot . . .  O,  little flying insect gems
I truly "adore"  you. . .  


"Whisper a wish to a butterfly and it will fly 
up to Heaven and make it come true."

                                                Quote - Unknown 


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June 30, 2022


Poetry/Free Verse/Flying Garden Gems
Copyright Protected, ID 06-1470-812-30
All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France

Written for the Standard contest, Flight Three
sponsor, Chantelle Anne Cooke, Judged 07/26/2022

First Place


Submitted to the Premiere 2022 Poetry Marathon, Mile 10
sponsor, Mark Toney, Judged 08/03/2022

Eighth Place
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