Butterfly Endurance Poems

Scientists describe it as an event
In the hot paradise of Key West

Condos festivals hotels
Dancing feet under bells of lights
I’ve sung Margaritaville there
Myself

Beneath the docks

Pan fish...

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hello everyone
allow me to be the last to say
happy new year to you all
may it be a wonderful year
peace and blessings to each of you

below...

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I guess I’m sorry I was leaving so soon
It came out of the blue,
It came out of the blue moon…blue moon…
I couldn’t find my left...

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Cocooned no longer
beauty and strength astounding
freedom worth the wait....

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Cocooned no longer
delicate yet stronger
your beauty will astound
as you fly above the ground
Surrendering to fate
freedom worth the wait....

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"says the butterfly"

we have wings use them and fly
we have change adjust to new
we have grace journey softly
we have beauty show such flair

we transform for...

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Caterpillar in tender form
cocooned beneath a blanket warm
safe and sheltered in rain and storm.

inching  in  comfort zone...

But it wants to fly miles away
with...

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Aftermath

Living through the deprivation
	of the silence and solitude
of former injuries afflicted, 
we come to a new conception of scars in battle, 
they serve a purpose,...

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How did I get lost in a city I never intentionally passed through?
Devastatingly beating me down and my heart now beats to the rhythm of...

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(KAP) My eyes are crying with contrite…
I will still try within my reach’s might
I beseech happiness and delight
Beyond the tension and fright tonight
(David B.) Fighting...

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Circles

In the morning, 
I rise and the day is full 
of promise. 
I kneel before God, 
and ask... 
for his blessing
on my every step. 
Without...

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Queen Bee

Buzz, buzz, buzz... 
Great Queen, I hear your song. 
Making honey with your workers... all night long. 
Sweet nectar of the forest, sweet liquid...

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Ancestors

The poet's daughter 
and the painter's son
found true love 
in each other's arms. 
Together they were married.

Their children were many, 
their hearts were full. 
The...

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Be your best 'self' in the ring of life and dance LIKE Muhammad Ali
Yes, float like a butterfly and sting LIKE a bee

Sit down and...

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The Widower and...

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