I tried <br />To capture a butterfly <br />In my hand, <br />Hold its beauty <br />Forever! <br /> <br />But It beat <br />Its wings <br />Against my fingers, <br />Tried to escape, <br />And died. <br /> <br />I only wanted <br />To hold its colors, <br />To share with others, <br />To enjoy its perfection <br />For a little while. <br /> <br />I tried <br />To capture words of perfection <br />And Beauty <br />On a page <br />Of purest white, <br /> <br />But they would not <br />Be held. <br />They would only <br />Take flight, <br />Escaping into the air. <br /> <br />I tried to capture <br />Your love <br />In my hands, <br />To hold your heart <br />Forever, <br /> <br />But it became <br />A captured thing <br />That beat its wings, <br />As it tried to escape <br />Its prison. <br /> <br />And thus I learned <br />Love, like beauty or words, <br />Cannot be held <br />Against its will <br />In a cage. <br /> <br />Free it must be, <br />Like angel wings, <br />Like a sigh, <br />Or a breath of wind <br />In the air, <br /> <br />To go where it will, <br />To live forever here, <br />Or just stay awhile, <br />And then move on <br />To another. <br /> <br />Dedicated to the Love who left... <br />Scarlett Treat <br />May 29,2007<br /><br />Scarlett Treat<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cages-prisons-and-other-forms-of-capture/
