Daughter Butterfly Poems

Blessed is what people call her even her children 
Is the way her loved was spread around to those less loved by others
Lifting up each...

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Poking holes,

In the shadows,

A tiny light starts to grow.

Darkness,

Running from its Glow.

Its a slow process,

There is no contest

Light dawns on darkness,

adding to its conquest.

There to...

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Like a butterfly you've changed and grown

The transformation difficult and long

Your delicate wings so beautiful to behold

But fragile, breakable with one violent wind

My breath tries...

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Lend me a pen, Xhosa's reverberates in me, with honour, one kneel on the ground, hail the tongue clicks, yesterday I was my mom's lil...

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This is written for my friend in memory of her beloved daughter. Sending hugs and love. 

You'll always remain my darling butterfly 
By Michelle Morris
30/07/2024

The...

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Sandy surprised her mother with a pretty office make-over.
It was marvelous, there was a new bed for her Corgi, Rover.
In the corner was a monarch...

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Butterfly

Butterfly flutter by,
and make my life more joyous.
You are a song,
with your own chorus.
You are beautiful to see,
and be near, to me.

I watch you from...

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My butterfly girl
By Michelle Morris
17/04/2023

You're my butterfly girl 
And I think of you each day
I love and miss you so
Through all my tears and heartache...

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Nail biting, a habit so strong
It's hard to break, it lingers on
It's a nervous habit, it's true
It's hard to stop, what can I do?

My nails...

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Happiness is a butterfly that wakes up to fly in beauty one more day ,
Happiness is a drop of dew in the morning rain,
Happiness is...

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Dearest Daughter
(written for Amy)

My dearest daughter, 
we just met, 
but I know I know you, 
from your father's words. 
You are full of laughter, 
and...

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Under the moonlit sky
The ripe rose stands majestically
deep down she understands 
that time is upon her once again 
As the folklore goes
with the dark moon...

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It happened long ago and yet the memory lingers…the day a butterfly stopped to rest upon their daughter’s finger.

Somehow that butterfly sensed landing on that...

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As a girl my dad was always my pillar
Making me always take centre stage
Telling me that just like a caterpillar
I'm young today but like a...

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SANKOFA
I am a daughter of the past.
All sixty-five inches run deep 
balancing the rising line of English arches
I am a rainbow touching souls
Family who has...

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