POEM: Spring Magic
This was written to the theme of Butterfly Magic on the CPC Magic Monday poetry challenge.
SPRING MAGIC
I spied with my springtime eye
one sunny afternoon,
a baby Monarch butterfly
no bigger than a prune.
It flittered with a flutter
that caused my heart to sigh.
My ears heard my mouth utter
“flutter by, butterfly.”
“Monarch of the air you are
in royal colors draped
to outdazzle nighttime star
on wings which heaven shaped.”
Broken free from tight cocoon
where magic had transpired.
Its freedom arrived none too soon,
for poet’s muse inspired.
A gem of Mother Nature’s lore,
a truth without a lie.
I whispered wistfully once more:
“flutter by, butterfly.”
Copyright April 7th 2013 RGD