Hope is a Paper-thin Butterfly Wing

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Open Poetry #44

Hope is a Paper-thin Butterfly Wing

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-11-08

Posts 9269
Pennsylvania

0 posted 2009-02-02 12:35 PM

Hope is a paper-thin butterfly wing
Daring to conquer the wind
It flutters to heights unimagined before
And is born of a power within

Faith is a mountain, unmoved by the storm
Watching butterflies flutter above
A perpetual boulder, though weathered and worn
Reaching upward to heavenly Love

Love is a flower that grows in the spring
On a mountainside fed by the streams
It is nurtured by water and butterfly wings
And survives through life’s dire extremes

The mind is a river meandering forth
The heart moves much deeper by far
It gathers the colors of butterfly wings
When you silently wish on a star

Elizabeth Santos

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2009-02-02 02:08 PM

Into the library this goes.
What a wonderfully written, uplifting write!

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2009-02-02 02:17 PM

Ah, so that is why I always have a stomach full of butterfly wings

Beautiful Liz, as usual.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2009-02-02 02:22 PM

a most fine 'write'!

I am especially fond of the beginning:

"Hope is a paper-thin butterfly wing
Daring to conquer the wind
It flutters to heights unimagined before
And is born of a power within (!)"

seems, among other things, a 'penning'
in anticipation of Spring!

serious applause!!

Oklahoma Rose
Senior Member

since 2008-02-28

Posts 1586
Oklahoma USA

4 posted 2009-02-02 09:45 PM

Elizabeth, once again you have penned a very beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing your beautiful poetry with me.

Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

5 posted 2009-02-02 10:10 PM

As always, a poem that needs to be heard and not read to fully enjoy.
A real treat.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2009-02-03 03:21 AM

A keeper for me, Elizabeth.
Ida

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