Broken Butterflies

In the gentle shadows of the mighty woods they cry out their soft lamentations to the ever listening but never hearing footsteps in the hills. No one speaks but all know the tales of cruel and unkindly folk. As they sing the songs of the bleeding wings of broken butterflies.

Reviews

[Tony]

This makes a strong statement about abuse and can be read from so many different levels. I read it as the abuse towards the environment and the abuse on people on people as well. Since there is a bond between people and the environment-- I looked deeper into the poem and saw this: okay,we as people are our habits. If our habits are abuse that will be our character either individually or as a society. Like if we abuse eacher that reflects in abuse of the environment-- or if we abuse the environment that reflects in abuse of eachother. Vice versa-- if we treat eachother better we treat the environment better or if we treat the environment better that reflects on how we treat people. Brilliant little poem. I like it.

Makosica

[*** Hey Jude***]

Your expressions are palpable, as I can relate to every word. Something I could not have said 1 1/2 years ago. Using words you have "painted" a beautifully written masterpiece! ~ Jude :-)

[Lilmissfit]

this is a very short poem but its so wonderfully descriptive, love the wording and the twist of nature and the slight hint of mysteriousness! :)

[Melissa Perry]

Very inspiring

[Sarah Redigan]

Was defiantly blown away !

[wijdan]

it was great
in 3 lines you said so much ...
i really liked it .

[Andy David]

Hello.
Very heartfelt.
So much said in so little.
Nicely penned.
Thanks for sharing.

[Lily]

This is so beauriful! Love butterflies, so this is AWESOME!!!

[Stella]

Beautiful poem! It's amazing how many ways I could interpret your poem despite it's short length. Great Job!

[Esana Bridges]

Short, but sweet. I like the lack of punctuation and the way everything just flows together. I've never understood how people could crush insects if they weren't doing any harm to them, and I think this poem says that well..

The last part is pretty, but also seems a bit disconnected, so if you could "meld" it more with the rest of your piece, I think that would be great.

[EMMIE]

the beauty of poetry is it's mystery, this is short but so very powerful! That last line really touched my heart. Very beautifully written.