Silken Butterflies

You've captured them within your rhyme,
Those butterflies dancing, caught in time,
In vivid color, I can see
Them flit in bright tranquility.

You've drawn me out beyond my gate,
To view them there and I can't wait
For sunlight in the early morn,
When visions such as this are born.

I read your words and wonder on
To hedges on my neighbor's lawn
Where butterflies alight and then
Rise gently up to fly again.

From tiny white to Monarch one,
Their gentle dance is never done
As long as poets, just like you,
Bring them to life, for us to view.

-- thank you from rhymetimeblue

© 2002 Pam H. Murray

June 24, 2002