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Array ( [sid] => 16817 [catid] => 1 [aid] => Mick [title] => Butterfly In Shades of Grey [time] => 2003-05-01 05:35:00 [hometext] => Just a small poem inspired by the unpleasant effects of another prolonged winter spent in grim old Derby. [bodytext] => This mean season
Unloads a sadness
On two people
Who deserve more

This mean season
Knows no kindness
It hurts and it is here
It’s turbulent and long

With wave
After wave
Of sorrow and hate
A butterfly lies dead on a dinner plate
And it can’t return
To the colour shown before
The house has fallen
No walls
No roof
No more.

Shades of grey
Maybe 50 maybe more
And butterfly's tender wings
Can flap and feel no more

No life at all
The mean season takes it all
Nothing says it more
Nothing says it more
[comments] => 4 [counter] => 204 [topic] => 13 [informant] => Cakes [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DarkPoetry )

Butterfly In Shades of Grey

Contributed by Cakes on Thursday, 1st May 2003 @ 05:35:00 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry

This mean season
Unloads a sadness
On two people
Who deserve more

This mean season
Knows no kindness
It hurts and it is here
It’s turbulent and long

With wave
After wave
Of sorrow and hate
A butterfly lies dead on a dinner plate
And it can’t return
To the colour shown before
The house has fallen
No walls
No roof
No more.

Shades of grey
Maybe 50 maybe more
And butterfly's tender wings
Can flap and feel no more

No life at all
The mean season takes it all
Nothing says it more
Nothing says it more

Copyright Â© Cakes ... [ 2003-05-01 05:35:00]
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Re: Butterfly In Shades of Grey (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Thursday, 1st May 2003 @ 06:55:17 AM AEST
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Great poetry and great use of imagery. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: Butterfly In Shades of Grey (User Rating: 1 )
by exiled on Thursday, 1st May 2003 @ 03:57:39 PM AEST
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Very good write! I really enjoyed this and I love the title. Keep posting and writing. One question who does the butterfly represent if you dont mind me asking.

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Re: Butterfly In Shades of Grey (User Rating: 0 )
by Former_Member on Friday, 2nd May 2003 @ 06:53:19 AM AEST
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thanks :) At the risk of sounding melodramatic, the butterfly represents my trust in people, and the poem is about how I find it difficult to place my trust in people. Well, some people. Glad you liked it!

Re: Butterfly In Shades of Grey (User Rating: 1 )
by Cakes on Friday, 2nd May 2003 @ 06:56:06 AM AEST
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thanks :) At the risk of sounding melodramatic, the butterfly represents my trust in people, and the poem is about how I find it difficult to place my trust in people. Well, some people. Glad you liked it!

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