butterfly wings

are such amazing

things

 

have you ever even taken a good look at them?

 

butterfly wings

are such amazing

things

 

i am curious about the artist who made them!

 

 

i am not

your everyday-kind-of-a

butterfly

 

i flutter into your path

unexpected

uninvited

 

i catch your eye

barely, momentarily

i make you happy

 

and then you look away

just for one moment

and i am gone

 

again

and again

i am soooo gone!

 

cause, you know

that’s what we do,

we butterflies

 

 

flügelt ein kleiner blauer

falter vom wind geweht,

perlmutterner schauer,

glitzert, flimmert, vergeht.

 

so mit augenblicksblinken,

so im vorüberwehn

sah ich glück mir winken,

glitzern, flimmern, vergehn.

 

Hermann Hesse – Germany 1877 – 1962

 

 

 

 

chō no tobu
         bakari nonaka no
                         hikage kana

 

Nothing but butterflies flying

in the meadow 

in the sunlight

 

Bashō – Japan 1644-1694

 

 

 

 

i have never known a butterfly

who did not love the sun

have you?

 

 

 

 

i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

 

by E. E. Cummings – USA 1894-1962