Spring

not the same across the world.....

As a flower blooms

in a butterfly meadow

a child dies

of famine and drought.

 

As a flower blooms

in a butterfly meadow

a teen chooses death

over life without a lover.

 

As a flower blooms

in a butterfly meadow

a child is orphaned

by the death of his parents

 

As a flower blooms

in a butterfly meadow

a flower dies

crushed by blades in a garden.

 

Time is beautiful to our eyes

.... not to everybody's.

 

Reviews

[Ronnie Smith]

This poem is exquisite and alerting. It shows that life can be beautiful, at the same time, tragic. Sad, lonely. Time slips by, and many do not seem to know about other people in pain as their flowers bloom in a butterfly meadow, and they watch.