Lady Labyrinth Poet Free verse

Butterflies Are Free

"Butterflies are Free"



Butterflies are free
short life span
pinned under glass

hung on a wall
trapped in a picture 
with cardboard borders

framed



(LadyLabyrinth/2020)










"...worms are the words but joy’s the voice
down shall go which and up come who
breasts will be breasts thighs will be thighs
deeds cannot dream what dreams can do
—time is a tree (this life one leaf)
but love is the sky and i am for you
just so long and long enough"

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Lady Labyrinth November 2, 2022 at 4:43 PM (as freedom is a breakfast food)/ Poem, E.E. Cummings - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52946/as-freedom-is-a-breakfastfood

Lady Labyrinth November 2, 2022 at 4:42 PM "Looking for the Rain" / Unkle, Mark Lanegan - https://youtu.be/Zl3Y5-Qrbk8 Lady Labyrinth November 2, 2022 at 4:42 PM "Manipulation" / The Black Angels - https://youtu.be/XODlwRUnVgk

Ts Poetry January 5, 2020 at 2:11 PM They make the most of their short life...freedom and beauty among the flowers and the fields of life, living Lady Labyrinth January 5, 2020 at 4:29 PM Apparently, Bees have a longer lifespan than Butterflies. Drones are not so lucky ... / "The average lifespan of a queen is three to four years; drones usually die upon mating or are expelled from the hive before the winter; and workers may live for a few weeks in the summer and several months in areas with an extended winter." Lady Labyrinth January 5, 2020 at 4:13 PM http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/mary_darby_robinson/poems/6612.html