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Butterfly: If You Should Fly
by J. P. DaviesIf you should fly,
or fall beyond reach,
your voice would fade
to a whisper in the air.
And your cropped-back wings
would vainly beat the air,
struggling to regain
your previous flight.
You walk pensively through
a fog of self-doubt,
straining muscles against
your grounded apparatus
Did you think to fly
so quickly from me?
Or is this an attempt
to wrench the ground?
[Finding truth in distance
you fall, while scars remain,
to trace my path from you] 03/05/2004 Author's Note: First in a series, I'm starting...
Posted on 03/05/2004
Copyright © 2024 J. P. Davies
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Deborah S Regan on 03/05/04 at 09:38 PM like the line about walking pensively, very Jamesian |
| Posted by Ashok Sharda on 03/06/04 at 02:12 PM This seems like evaluating a situation. Cautioning about some venture. Though the first person seems to be in doubt as to the motive of the Butterfly.Well, the cautionery msg does get conveyed in no uncertain words. |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 03/07/04 at 08:29 PM Really like the tone that radiates from this poem's language. Excellent closing stanza; quite original! |
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