Friday, December 7, 2012

Fragile Flight

Blissfully wandering,
drifting and driven,
a butterfly.
Hopelessly homeless,
unbridled, insisting
on flying high.
A carefree kaleidoscope
flutter-dance striving
to touch the sky.

Hey, you - I forgot I'd forgotten you.

Threatening, ominous
brooding, insidious,
a thundercloud.
Hooded night-monster,
devious accoster
tall, dark and proud.
Bloated and burgeoning,
casting off raindrops
to the ground.

Hey, you - I forgot I'd forgotten you.

Sunlight returning,
golden eye burning
up in the sky.
Glittering in gladness,
the world is a pageant
of colors bright.
But in the grass is that a flower
all broken and battered?
No, it's a butterfly!

Hey, you - I forgot I'd forgotten you.

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