Little butterfly <br />You fly so softly <br />You flutter your wings twice <br />In the blink of an eye <br />And catch a nuance of the Summer breeze <br />Carrying you from the colts in the meadow <br />To your favorite Dogwood trees <br />You float up, the air tilts you <br />I admire your beauty as you fly near <br />Butterfly, you fly so softly <br />when you watch the children smile and play <br />You make my heart skip a beat <br />and then it settles down <br />and I feel blessed with serenity <br />With such unearthly grace and dignity <br />Butterfly, you fly so softly <br />I fall in love with you a thousand times <br />Then you smile at me <br />With your perfect pearly smile <br />and I wish I could change shape <br />and fly by your side <br />Butterfly, you fly so softly <br />I imagine your heartfelt hugs in flight <br />As you we fly toward the light <br />You land on my shoulder <br />and look up at me <br />I see love in your pretty brown eyes <br />Your spirit is always here with me I realize <br />and then you smile and twitch your wings <br />and fly but your love with us does ever stay <br />Butterfly, you fly so softly <br />With love that touches so many hearts <br />Your graceful love is never far <br />You’re still my beautiful star <br />and in dreams we share our lives <br />these humble earthly lives <br />and make the best of life as you showed us how <br />I know somehow you always send your kisses <br />And I know you would never would abandon me <br />Butterfly, you fly so softly <br />that sometimes my heart breaks when you're away <br />I wait on the bench in the garden for you <br />but you come and go too quickly <br />and the wait for your return feels forever <br />Butterfly, you fly so softly <br />How I know somehow we will share more moments <br />But I dare not say <br />For fear you will fly away <br />As you fly in and out of memory <br />I sometimes cry and pray <br />But end up smiling because of you <br />Your graceful magic is never broken <br />And because of your love, my heart shall not grow cold <br /> <br />© James T. Adair<br /><br />JAMES T. ADAIR<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/little-butterfly-for-helen/
