Cupids Arrow Poet Free verse

My Butterfly

 A perfumed breeze with summer lavender 

Shapeless smoked clouds had come and gone 

Through verdant valleys I strolled along 

Honeycombed hues warmed the new dawn 

A golden butterfly glided in the distance 

I just stood still and watched his flight 

From one flower to another 

 His flapped wings fluttered 

I could not let him out of my sight 

I wondered 'bout this blissful beauty. 

 Towards the riverbank

I watched him roam 

If I could only fly away with him

to destinations always unknown

 Imagine what places he has been

what many glories he has seen

A perfect waterfall tumbling

into a clear blue pond

Wet dewdrops glimmering 'pon the grass

as the sleepy sun starts to rise

A doe with her fawn

taking those fragile first steps

 bees buzzing by

swarming back to their hive

I watched in amazement

in awe of his grace

I floated along

as he flittered away

 We hovered together through

a path between twin lakes

 then and there I kissed him

before he silently slipped away

That's the last time I saw him

cuz now stone towers have been built

Nature's been destroyed and

the butterflies have been laid to rest

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Kai Michael Neumann November 30, 2024 at 3:30 AM Amazing. For me and my wife, the butterfly is the Universe of love ...Kind wishes, Kai

Ravindra K Kapoor March 7, 2015 at 8:25 AM Your Poem goes in the list of my favorite Poems. Thank you once again Tim. Ravindra K Kapoor

Ravindra K Kapoor March 7, 2015 at 8:24 AM I give you 10 out of 7. Reading this Poem was a sweet lovely journey on the wings of the Butterfly, while touching and feelings the ravishing beauty of Nature, which is at the verge of getting destroyed everywhere on Earth. Alas! if we can only make it slow, so that more Poems and Songs may be written to preserve in the sweet memories of trees and plants, lakes and forests, crops and harvests in constant destruction. Thank you Tim for this beautiful read dear friend. Love & Best wishes....Ravindra K Kapoor

Iris E. Sankey- Lewis March 2, 2015 at 4:37 PM Hats! congrats! enjoyed frolicking with nature's gifts. So unfortunate such beauty some resist.

Richard Lamoureux February 7, 2015 at 9:23 AM I enjoyed reading this one again.

Arthur Vaso January 31, 2015 at 9:34 PM Nice! And congrats on poem of the day!!

Richard Lamoureux January 26, 2015 at 7:44 AM Well done, congrats on POTD

Davina Browne January 26, 2015 at 6:24 AM wow what a amazing read 7 rating and to be POTD too dee x x bless it be

James Horn January 26, 2015 at 4:43 AM So by Isis, were they beheaded, were not playing with a full deck of pens and their footballs were under-inflated. Amazing what inspires us to write poems right or wrong and no matter what the conditions may be even if it is hard to see. Right? As my dog is trying to fetch a bone I found your poem to be quite fetching. Jim Horn

Acml Orozco January 26, 2015 at 3:31 AM bad! baggin' d «3 fever..o_O

Peter Lewis Holmes January 26, 2015 at 1:43 AM Pretty poem...about a beautiful thing...and heavy with with underlying metaphor

Pashko Dushaj January 25, 2015 at 7:21 PM Very beautiful. Congrats on your POTD!

Maurice Yvonne January 25, 2015 at 4:37 PM Congratulations on your fine write being chosen poem of the day!

Connie Marcum Wong January 25, 2015 at 3:31 PM A serene lovely journey I traveled with your lovely butterfly. Congratulations on being honored with POTD!

Jan Allison January 25, 2015 at 2:59 PM congrats on POTD:-) Hugs Jan x

Verlena S. Walker January 25, 2015 at 1:14 PM Beautiful... Congratulations on the POTD!

Poesy Relish January 25, 2015 at 12:14 PM Congrats on POTD.

Eve Roper January 25, 2015 at 11:58 AM Wonderful write, congratulations on poem of the day. Blessings eve

Jean Omalley Polatnick January 25, 2015 at 7:53 AM Splendid walk through nature - totally enjoyed ... even with the sad ending. Thanks and congrats on POTD!!

Anne-Lise Andresen January 25, 2015 at 6:56 AM - Nature life, touching and beautiful - Congratulations on the highest rated poem of the day ! - // Anne-Lise :)

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders January 25, 2015 at 3:51 AM Beautiful, shining imagery becoming dimmed by the sorrow of death...enjoyed every line. Congrats on being chosen TPOD! Hugs, Rhonda

Eileen Manassian January 25, 2015 at 1:10 AM Lovely piece...Congrats on this being POTD.

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty January 24, 2015 at 9:18 AM From "A perfumed breeze" to " now stone towers have been built Nature's been destroyed and the butterflies have been laid to rest"- we need a resurrection of butterflies.

Constance La France January 24, 2015 at 7:17 AM Cupid, your writing is so beautiful, I was with you . . . with every flutter of your butterflies wings, nature is being destroyed all around us but nature sometimes finds a way, I see myself as a butterfly drifting through the tangles of life and thank you so much for visiting my poetry, I truly appreciate it ~~

Charmaine Chircop January 23, 2015 at 3:44 PM One golden butterfly still flutters on my windowsill.He must have made it through all the destruction. : ) Cupids Arrow January 23, 2015 at 4:15 PM He is one lucky butterfly : )

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