THE BUTTERFLIES

           THE BUTTERFLIES              TIM WILLIAMS         JULY 2015

THE BUTTERFLY POSES THE QUESTION,
WHY ?
WHY SO BEAUTIFUL ?, WHY SO FEATHER LIKE ?,
WHY SO FRAGILE ?, WHY AT ALL ?,
WHY INDEED ?,
A CHILD'S EYE SEE'S THE BEAUTY IN A BUTTERFLY,
UNDERSTANDS IT'S FRAGILITY,
BUT MOST OF ALL UNDERSTANDS WHY

I WITH THE EYE OF A FATHER
SEE THE WONDER IN HER EYE'S,
I ALSO SEE DILEMMA,
THE DILEMMA OF A BUTTERFLY TRAPPED,
TRAPPED IN OUR KITCHEN,
CLINGING TO THE WINDOW PANE,
I OPEN THE WINDOW TO FREE HER,
AND SEND HER ON HER FRAGILE WAY
THE SAME AS I AM TRYING TO DO FOR MY DAUGHTER,
THIS I DO UNDERSTAND,
BUT MY DAUGHTER WHO IS ONLY 7,
HAS YET TO LEARN THIS,
FOR THEY ARE BOTH BUTTERFLIES IN MY EYE'S
BOTH BEAUTIFUL, BOTH FRAGILE.