Dennis Lambert - Butterfly

A silk cocoon held you
you know not how long-

a familiar dark about you,
within spun encasement strong-

and who you were, you didn’t know
and where you were, you couldn’t understand,

until one day a process slow
within your soul began,

and all that was, fell away
allowing bright and lively air,

and what you were couldn’t stay,
for rebirth had happened there:

and you emerged as something new
more beautiful than I could imagine.

You trembled on a branch, then flew
with rainbow wings and skyward passion.

Breathless was I to see you fly,
and may never hold you in my hand,

yet, being me, I have to try
to capture such beauty if I can.

Dennis Lambert

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