Happy ending by Richard Trotter If thoughts are left long enough will they change into butterflies rampaging beauty with a ghostly flicker fluttering against an ageing canvas and concentrating on the fog? Wooden wheels rattle down the lane You, pensive in the desolate yard but crumbling bricks can be rebuilt Smooth the edges in my selfish ending how mist makes you more lovely. So I'll set alight each heavy page and watch them burn in delight lifting the load from the future ashes drift into the smog and our last days are precious 05/10/2006 Posted on 05/10/2006 Copyright © 2025 Richard Trotter Member Comments on this Poem Posted by Megan Langley on 07/14/06 at 02:10 PM Richard, This poem has easily become one of my new favorites... I absolutely adore the first two lines--"If thoughts are left long enough / will they change into butterflies..." I can picture and hear the wooden wheels rattling along with the rest of the scenes you create. The way you wrap it up with "our last days are precious," connects so well with the first two lines. Brilliant as always. ~Megan Posted by Scott Utley on 07/19/09 at 07:19 PM I am in LOVE with this! Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 02/10/15 at 03:49 PM A great POTD! So many great lines in this. I'm glad to have read it. Favorite. Return to the Previous Page     pathetic.org FAQ Members Poetry Center Login Signup   pathetic.org Version 7.3.2 May 2004 Terms and Conditions of Use 0 member(s) and 2 visitor(s) online All works Copyright © 2025 their respective authors. Page Generated In 0 Second(s)