Butterflies

Triumphant life...

Butterflies...

Oh beautiful butterfly please don't fly away,
can't you stay, I want a few kisses that will
be turned into wishes,

I want to fly with you,
l want to see what you see
I want to fly higher then the trees
Oh beautiful butterfly won't you come back please,

At birth a caterpillar crawling on ground
taking forever to get around,
just moving a hundred feet probably seemed
like town to town,

Now grown up adults they fly with ease,
using freedom under their wings a nice
calm breeze,

Before getting those freedom wings,
they had to go through hell and back
you better believe,

And before we get ours
so will we...

Reviews

[Etta Beasley]

Love the way you surprised me with a symbolic ending.. It's definitely a fun read ☺

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Mai L Nissen]

Lovely poem, dear JT! It made my day better :) I like your description of the journey the caterpillar (and humans) must venture before being able to fly through life - whilst acknowledging the labour that will have to be done, its emphasis is a positive, hopeful one. I enjoyed reading it, thank you for sharing this!
Mai :)

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and your kind review, b-blessed!

[Robert Robbie Lord Dudl..]

THE BLUE-GREEN LEAF

I feel Spring in a new line budding
every time I read that
if that is good enough
I'm still hanging yet on a wing from
the blue-green leaf of a great poem

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and your kind review, b-blessed!

[Robert Robbie Lord Dudley]

the thoughts with-in counts some-place and you might know it like all of God's odd fellow poets

[sereenaoutloud]

wow, this was a fantastic write. So symbolic. The caterpillar going through its life to gain its wing just as us humans go though our life to then gain ours, loved this. As always it flows effortlessly! Well done James.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[sereenaoutloud]

you are more than welcome i enjoy reading your writes, they always have such great underlying messages!

[W R Stowe]

Yes brother and they wrap themselves in a cocoon symbolic of a tomb and resurrect into a beautiful butterfly Lo a new creature as Christ does to us our well this just inspired I will let a poem tell you God bless

Bill

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and can't wait to see what it inspired, PTL!

[W R Stowe]

it just posted

[RiverRei]

This is wonderful. I'm not a girl who is interested in butterflies, but this actually kept my focus and made me want to fly with them, and see what they see. Bravo for that, it was definitely the writing which made me feel that way. I felt the innocence and joy while reading and thinking about finally being able to fly higher than the trees, and feeling the breeze under my wings!

The message behind this is absolutely wonderful. I've never seen anyone compare our lives, the lives of humans, to that of a butterfly before, but you do it so gracefully that I can't believe I've never thought of it that way before. I commend you for your wonderfully creative and original take on the comparison of a butterfly's life to a human being's. Thank you so much for sharing this. I can't wait to read more by you. :)

[Jamestown]

You are very kind, and a honest and helpful reviewer!
I am so pleased you enjoyed this piece, Thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[R Smith]

lovely poem James, where i live the caterpillars congregate into a huge mound possibly 3 or 4 hundred all on top of each other, i don't know why but imagine if they all become butterflies at the same time, what a sight it would be to see them fly up into the air, I wonder if they do that as far as i know no one has so i guess they just separate and move on when the time comes, just thought i'd share that, great write my friend :)

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and sharing, I appreciate it, b-blessed!

[sinNsincerity]

This was pretty cool man, sadly, I'm a butterfly turned caterpillar hahaha

[Jamestown]

Yeah right, thanks for checking it out and b-blessed!

[Ana B.]

A beauitful, adorable little story about beauty , patience and wishes. Enjoyed ot very much my friend.

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and your kind review! b-blessed!

[GreenEyedPoet]

A rebirth is a beautiful thing, you can turn something ugly into something beautiful. And is essentially what happens when we are saved. :)
A great poem and message James!

[Jamestown]

Thanks for checking it out and your kind review! PTL

[GreenEyedPoet]

Welcome :)