A BUTTERFLY CARESS

(In my garden)

'A Butterfly Caress'  by  Trish

One day I saw a butterfly

Flutter round me feet

I bent down to look at it

It brushed against my cheek

I said "hello there dear butterfly

Is everything alright?
You'd better beware of frogs and things

Hiding out of sight"

It was a most unusual Butterfly
Like nothing I'd seen before,

For a second it alighted and lingered

Near our old shed door.

Then, up, up, and away it flew,
Was it frightened by my words?
Or it could have been the flapping wings
Of a curious little bird.

Tushie 1988