For a moment <br />you were a butterfly. <br />I tried to pluck you from a flower, <br />capture you, keep you. <br />hold you in my hand <br />to relish your beauty, <br /> <br />I failed, of course, hopelessly, <br />your wings sprung open <br />to escape my grasp <br />but that freed me too <br />and so I write this little note <br />of gratitude to you.<br /><br />Ruth Walters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-thank-you-note-3/
