Dancing With the Butterflies

                          On this beautiful day in spring,
                            watching  Nellie play.
                          I can't help but recall her
                              as a small ball of fur,
                            having just turned one year old.

                           Prancing and jumping,
                              in playful delight.
                            As shadows of
                               butterflies fluttered and glided
                             across our yard.

                            Hither and there she would,
                                run back and forth,
                             never breaking a stride,
                                very focus on each one.

                              As they took to the air,
                                  in flight soaring away,
                               she was left quite bewildered,
                                   but eagerly awaiting the next time,
                                they would come to play.

                              After many dog years we
                                  have seen passed along,
                                she still waits each spring,
                                    for the butterfly shadows
                                              to appear.

                                 But today,  I now see she's
                                    "dancing with the butterflies",
                                  and wonder what has changed.
                                  Either way, the fun has always been,
                                       in the courting,
                                   never the catch.
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Agustin Avatar
December 6, 2023 at 6:32 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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