Butterfly

How many poets 
Have you inspired?

With your locked in beauty
And your color hard-wired

I guess it might be
Quite a few

As you tumble down
Flashing into view

My prayers are this
Perhaps every day

That you land on me
Then decide to stay


CV 14/9/26
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Alhemaidy Avatar
September 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Very nice!
Smith nee Howarth Avatar
September 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
A charming, gently rhymed poem that captures the butterfly’s fleeting brilliance and its enduring power to inspire. The closing wish for it to land and stay adds a touching note of longing and affection.
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