#whitebutterfly
White butterfly, white butterfly,
You fluttered in, and I
was captivated by your flittering dance;
Was it an eternity's trace
that I thought you were beautiful —
I said to another,
“Have you but seen a white butterfly?”
I noted that I have seen:
ones with streaks of purple in between,
Black and white ones,
And brown and yellow ones,
What delight!
Curious, I searched,
And found that they are, in fact, besmirched.
Like the White Witch,
In The Lion, the Witch
And the Wardrobe, ******* you in,
Lulling you into a deep sleep,
So you could not keep, and they devour your harvest!
Armed with water
Spray, hands in garden gloves,
I went without delay,
Into my garden,
I let fly
Copious fungi repellent,
And promising fertiliser.
I weeded and shovelled,
I pleaded and grovelled,
And sent up a prayer.
To the One who is higher there.
Now, look who’s boss,
I will delight in you.
Without loss!
Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM UTC
In the garden, a soft-bodied plant thrives,
through sun, wind and rain, it survives,
among asparagus ferns, it proudly lives,
contrasting its purple triangular leaves
against greens...its lightest of pink blossoms
waltz with the wind, in their fragile freedom,
almost white to blurry eyes
wavering...but, they never hide
raised high above the grass
like ladies proudly poised, with so much class...
a small white butterfly suddenly blends in,
deceivingly perched upon the pinks
but the sound of the camera's clicking
sends it immediately fleeing...
to and fro, the blossoms are swaying
reeling from the wind....wailing
over the sudden flight of their lover
waiting, for a new winged creature
on their purple bodies, to perch, to hover
alas,
....life is short...........never fair...
....and so are some...love affairs....
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Sally
© Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
March 15, 2019
Mar 14, 2019
Mar 14, 2019 at 8:33 PM UTC