Your Poetry Dot Com - My Butterfly

Array ( [sid] => 137612 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => My Butterfly [time] => 2007-10-01 23:51:01 [hometext] => Written based off of the image and the surrounding events contained in the poem [bodytext] => I was at the blood drive
listening to an old vet
from Vietnam
talking about his experiences.

It was a military blood drive.

He mentioned things about war -
the ups and downs of it all -

And I just sat there
because he wasn't really talking to me,
He was just talking.

I saw a shadow dance across my legs,
fluttering around back and forth,

And I thought, “That's a nice butterfly.”

As I followed the shadow
that fluttered around back and forth,
I pictured this butterfly enjoying
The slightly cloudy, peaceful afternoon.

The vet continued talking, now
about some people who had died -
close friends he knew and missed.

Out of the corner of my eye,
I saw a brown leaf fall silently
to the ground

as its once-dancing shadow
rose to meet it. [comments] => 3 [counter] => 376 [topic] => 51 [informant] => TheSpiritx [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 19 [ratings] => 5 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Event ) Your Poetry Dot Com - My Butterfly

My Butterfly
Date: Monday, 1st October 2007 @ 11:51:01 PM AEST
Topic: Sad Poetry

Contributed By: TheSpiritx

I was at the blood drive
listening to an old vet
from Vietnam
talking about his experiences.

It was a military blood drive.

He mentioned things about war -
the ups and downs of it all -

And I just sat there
because he wasn't really talking to me,
He was just talking.

I saw a shadow dance across my legs,
fluttering around back and forth,

And I thought, “That's a nice butterfly.”

As I followed the shadow
that fluttered around back and forth,
I pictured this butterfly enjoying
The slightly cloudy, peaceful afternoon.

The vet continued talking, now
about some people who had died -
close friends he knew and missed.

Out of the corner of my eye,
I saw a brown leaf fall silently
to the ground

as its once-dancing shadow
rose to meet it.

This poem is Copyright ยฉ TheSpiritx

Important note: ALL POETRY ON THIS SITE IS COPYRIGHT.
If you wish to use any poem for any purpose, please either EMAIL Mick from
the sites feedback form, or go to the AUTHOR'S site and EMAIL the author for permission.
If you Email Mick for permission on any poem that is not his personal works,
he will endeavor to contact the author on your behalf.

This poem comes from Your Poetry Dot Com
https://www.your-poetry.com/

The URL for this poem is:
https://www.your-poetry.com/route.php?page=poetry/PoemDetail&story_id=137612