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“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.” - John Keats

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A Sam Scott poem:
21st March 2025
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The Visitor

Listen to poem:

You make me 
Tingle
The flutter of your wings
Tickles my soul
As your beauty darts before me
Resting for a moment
On my timeline

Capture me please
Let me be absorbed.
Hold time delicately
As you wave and say hello
I want you to live here
In my consciousness
So I can meditate on 
The beauty of 
This fleeting moment

I hope you feel the love
In some ethereal way
The joy 
Of my connection with you
So that it brightens 
Your colours
Fashioned by a masterful artist

From the palette of
Whimsical, yet powerful design
Simultaneously
Reflecting into the 
Eye that beholds
The extraordinary
Dichotomy of
Real 
From first imagined

A fragile construction 
Of pure love
Soon the breeze of sadness
Will whisk you away
Yet I will stay
In this moment
Close my eyes and..

Re-live
The wonder
The vibrancy
Of having you
Pass by
As you visited
So closely
Too closely
To ever be forgotten

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Andrea Dietrich Date: 3/23/2025 12:18:00 AM Boy, you really love butterflies. The best tribute to one I ever saw. Well done. And you have a great reading voice. Login to Reply Sam Scott Date: 3/23/2025 1:53:00 AM Butterflies are special and under-rated.. not by the poetic hearted ofcourse. ;) Thank you, Andrea. Your comments are precious encouragement from someone of your calibre. Blessings S:) x

Christina Bowring Date: 3/22/2025 1:34:00 PM Dear Sam, what a truly joyous poem to read and reflect upon. I just had to read it several times to absorb the beauty and delicacy of your skilled poetic words. Like dear Inky, I can sense a romantic, tender touch too and there is much depth within its lines. I love the Keats quote too - such a perfect companion alongside the picture. Your narration brings the words to life as they flutter from the page so gracefully like butterfly wings. You have such a talent, ability, to capture and Login to Reply Sam Scott Date: 3/22/2025 10:57:00 PM Hi Christina, I must continue to encourage you to write more! Your comments always brighten and encourage with depth and understanding.. we miss you on here! Thank you for your support and blessings always. S:) x Christina Bowring Date: 3/22/2025 1:36:00 PM create imagery, thoughts, where you use all the senses. A true poet. I loved it. Thank you for sharing. It’s a fav for me. X :):)

Ink Empress Date: 3/22/2025 6:15:00 AM What a most beautiful poem this is, its so good to see you post after a long time dear sam, and i must say this has a very romantic touch to it, and its very moving and heartfelt: i see many butterflies and i think the same sometimes… especially i resonated with the lines “ I hope you feel the love In some ethereal way The joy Of my connection with you So that it brightens Your colours” i feel this way for many, i wish they would find love and feel love too. And the ending is just so very moving! A poem worthy of all the accolades for sure! Pleasure reading! Sending you light always Login to Reply Sam Scott Date: 3/22/2025 11:02:00 PM Dear Inky, I do indeed receive light from your words. Such kindness. Also it means a great deal whenever you drop in to spread such effusive encouragement. Thank you as always.. S:) x

Sam Scott Date: 3/21/2025 8:50:00 AM Butterflies have four wings which are brightly coloured and patterned. Butterfly wings are covered in tiny scales and they are the only insects with scaly wings. Each scale on a butterfly's wings are a single colour, either red, yellow, black or white. Butterfly colours, including green and blue, are created by light refracting on the butterfly’s wings. The patterns and colours on butterfly wings are symmetrical and as the butterfly grows older, its wings fade and become ragged. - London Zoo Login to Reply