Once A Butterfly
by
Marie Wadsworth
Saturday, April 05, 2008
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Once I was a butterfly.
Before I spread
My wings to fly,
I was just
A big, fuzzy,
Ugly green caterpillar
That crawled along tree limbs,
Eating leaves, bugs and things.
One day
I went in
This glorious cocoon I'd spun.
When I stepped out
A few days later,
I'd become something else --
A beautiful blue butterfly.
As I readied myself
For my first flight,
My wings flapping
Upon the light breeze,
I was caught
By hands I did not know.
After being admired for a moment,
They let me go, saying,
"Be free, little butterfly,
You're not for me.
If you were,
You'll come back to me."
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| Reviewed by Regis Auffray |
8/9/2008 |
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There is deep and wise meaning in this write, Marie. Thank you. Love and peace,
Regis |
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| Reviewed by Zach McClure |
7/7/2008 |
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I love poems that tell stories and this one does that extraordinarily well, in my opinion. Love the way it ends- great symbolism of love!
Your friend, Zach |
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| Reviewed by Lois Christensen |
6/19/2008 |
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| Butterfly spirits do come back to us. Read my Tom's little Butterfly poem on my site. It is that I saw a blue butterfly and it landed on my shoulder and went to the front steps as I came out of car from his service, never to be seen yet again. I got good reviews on it and it is a memorable moment for me and encouraged me to write. God's little secret gets around to us by ways of the butterfly. |
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| Reviewed by JASMIN HORST SEILER |
4/6/2008 |
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| From one dream to another, all is one with the universe, metamorphises in all there is, like and Angel rising to heaven, wonderful loved it, Blessings! Jasmin Horst |
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| Reviewed by Felix Perry |
4/6/2008 |
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sweet analogy, for it is hard for even the coldest heart not to want to see a butterfly in careless untethered flight on a sunny day...
hugs
Fee |
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