Butterfly Orchid
Hidden
In tropical
Forests of humid hues
Gracious butterfly orchid ~
Regal
Royalty, yet so lowly,
Spreads her colorful wings ~
Treasured Lady
Orchid
4/28/20
Iris blue eyes that bright, azure beams strow
Lilly white neck with a radiant, translucent glow
Rosy cheeks blanching cotton swabs of milky snow
Viola black hair coiffed; silky strands strung in a tidy row
Magnolia-crescented bosom with a soft, silty furrow
Camellia-shaped paps that with sweet nectar flow
Butterfly Orchid legs; slender willows with tawny curves that billow
Anemone-cupped hands with graceful seams that her dignity doth sow
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