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Shiv Kumar Batalvi - Butterflies

2014-11-10 1 Dailymotion

I catch butterflies, <br />I catch butterflies. <br /> <br />From the beautiful <br />Flower-scented garden <br />Of life, I catch <br />Golden-colored, blue, <br />Shimmering and yellow ones! <br />I think that if catch them all, <br />From the entire forest. <br />I will jab their butterfly wings <br />To their shoulder. <br /> <br />But whenever I try to catch them, <br />My heart begins to tremble <br />Like a branch of henna <br />That shivers in the breeze. <br />And the butterfly takes flight. <br /> <br />Flowers of sin, like some black sun , <br />Bloom in my dreams <br />Their perfume-sodden fragrance <br />Spreading through each heartbeat. <br /> <br />A delicate, queenly butterfly <br />Comes fluttering by, <br />Delighted to see the flowers of sin, <br />She alights, intoxicated. <br />I, unaware, pluck all the flowers <br />And put them into my cloth bag. <br /> <br />But when I start to leave <br />The cloth tears, <br />And the butterfly takes flight. <br /> <br />How foolish I was to think <br />That I could catch a butterfly! <br /> <br />The cold winter of grief <br />Scorched my flowers of happiness. <br />The green vine of hope <br />Shed its healthy leaves. <br /> <br />Seeing this darkness, <br />They slipped back to the valley, they returned, <br />The red birds that had flown far to seek <br />Their desires. <br /> <br />It is the evening of life <br />Lotus-hearts lie asleep. <br />The dew drops of my life <br />Have spilled, some sipped <br />Deliciously, by the butterflies. <br /> <br />As the night goes by, <br />I think that day will surely dawn, <br />That once again the sun will not err, <br />Regarding darkness. <br /> <br />A milky lotus of the evening <br />Will bloom upon this earth again. <br />I hope that once again, <br />In that perfumed garden <br />I will be able to catch butterflies.<br /><br />Shiv Kumar Batalvi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/butterflies-96/

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