Nature's Truth about Life
by Antoinette Kopperfield — Read all 219 poems by Antoinette Kopperfield
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Monday, April 4, 2005
I've chased butterflies in my mind
as I watch them fly above the lily pond
They fly hurridly...
so I cannot keep them in a jar
or make them a prisoner of my love
When I was a child
I saw them with different eyes
and only thought of their beauty-
for it was nice to keep it all
...for myself
Such wondrous colors on their wings
painted with careful abstraction-
an unfolding about the mystery of life
and the need to go on living
If I should look at nature's truth
I might see myself-
For I have changes on my face
brought on by wrinkles
and I have the quest to survive
even when my own life
might be a struggle....
© 2005 Antoinette Kopperfield
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