Beauty

It's rough, but a touch from The Muse.

10 seconds of beauty

I saw a butterfly today

    Magnificent

It's slowly laid its wings

    And lifted them up

On the asphalt before me

A fairy or goddess of beauty

   Blessing only me with

      An awesome moment

Then a crow snatched it up

   In it's dark beak

Didn't even fly away

Just stood before me

   And stared

One bite

   Two

      Took 3 to swallow it whole

His feathers so sheen And lustrous

All the more glorious

Reviews

[Inessa]

This is quite timely because just yesterday I had a conversation about the last time I saw a butterfly and then just a few moments later, both a butterfly and a dragonfly crossed my path. It was quite surreal. It just tells me that such things of beauty are always around, and unfortunately, preyed upon by those higher up the food chain.

[Ankita Dwivedi]

i could feel the crow tearing the paper like wings of butterfly .such heartbreaking reality and a spectacular imagery .great work,sir.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

we had better enjoy that which is beautiful in life while it lasts, because so often it is short lived.
And there are those who seem to hate beauty and want to tarnish it...erase it, gobble it up and spit it out.
No wonder a group of them is called a Murder of Crows, it fits.
j.

[Jimmy Yetts]

It is, sometimes, difficult to witness Nature's vicious beauty.
Come to think of it, those words aptly describe your powerful poem: viciously beautiful.
Work to be admired, T.

[Lorry]

You just never know the minute it will come crashing to an end and judging by all the hidden terrors lurking out there, it's pretty amazing we even make it beyond crawl to walk.
Must have put a bit of a dent in your day too though, watching beauty turning into the deleted scenes from platoon.
Life is indeed fleeting, but you can't fault natures recycling efficiency. Liked the lustrous sheen line, ties it all up so well.

[Robert Trakofler]

LOL you win some, you lose some... then you win some more:) I have a thing for corvids nice to meet you TS

[T.S. Ulmus]

I meant to review your writing today because I found some stuff I liked but my phone was acting up, so I thought I would add you as a friend so I wouldn't lose you, and I would remember to come back. I think you'd enjoy some of my comedic pieces because I sensed a similar idiom in some of yours. Thank you for your kind review.

[Dave Brown]

Harsh nature, a beautiful matter of fact
Noticing cocoons lately which I thought was a bit late in the season

[Papaya]

Nature is both beautiful and cruel. She provides and deprives.
This is a nice reminder of how precious life is. We could lose it at any moment.

[T.S. Ulmus]

"both beautiful and cruel", I didn't know what this poem meant when it came to me but it came to me whole. What a poet you are to read it so succinctly. Thank you for reading my ramblings, rough as they are.

[Papaya]

You're welcome, I enjoyed the read.