Butterfly Longing Poems

You told me I belong to you
That you know I love you true
But darling I’m not a succulent plant
What’s a chocolate woman to do

Love is...

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The butterflies are back again
Or maybe they never left
My insides are turning golden
You've gone and made me bereft

I love you I love you I love...

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Tender graceful butterfly
Gentle little dove
This poem that I'm writing
Is all about my love 
That's kept hidden inside me
Just longing to come out
But knows it has...

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She's like a cool breeze in summer of June
Like twinkling stars above the crescent moon
Like the shining sun in winter's noon

She's like a majestic bird...

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Edge

The Edge, 
or rather the Edgewood... 
is a place, not a thing.
It is near the bridge, 
but not quite under it. 

It is quiet, 
and...

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Sitting there 
Trying not to stare
So hard not to

Caught your eye
Flitting butterfly
Take me with you 

Bluebird song
How my heart does long 
But I make do

Love...

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yet in the whimsy of my dreams
night butterflies lead me to your heart



Submitted on January 25, 2023 for contest BRIAN STRAND No.1175 sponsored by BRIAN...

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You kiss me ablaze with that beautiful mouth
Sing to my skin as you’re traveling south
Hold me and mold me like clay in your hands
Grasp grains...

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If you were my butterfly I'd fly the world with you
Together we would ride the winds to lands where no one knew
That butterflies could even...

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and then I see you linger like a butterfly
‘round and ‘round the garden rose
knowing autumn is just within our reach
and the last of summer days...

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You’re a quiet secret, 
That I reply on my mind, 

From time to time,

Making look a fool,

Smiling all alone. 

On the backs of butterfly I...

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After your butterfly alighted my dreams,  
I never forgot your kiss,
You became the object of my vespers,
The refuge for my injured toiling chest.
I await...

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"From deep within my heart
I always catch the scent
of my Beloved. How can I
help but follow that fragrance?"    By Rumi
  ...

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I learnt to let my arms float in the air
And let the rush flow with the wind
Cause I was so focused on being great 
Putting...

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Cruel World seeks hope within lies
We turn our heads as Mother Earth cries

Like birds, hope may fly when confronting lies.
Wee butterfly gives a try
to bring...

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