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Butterfly
by Charles B. Neff → (All Poetry by Charles B. Neff)
Sunday, April 10, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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A granddaughter has gone through multiple difficult problems. The last two years have ricocheted between hard and hell. She volunteered at a museum and found an outlet in art. The museum had a major celebration and asked her to speak. This poem barely captures the moment.

            Butterfly

 

Her night

Amid all else to celebrate

It was hers

 

The crowd knew it

From the moment she rose

Simple, elegant, assured

 

A girl spoke first

By the end a young woman

Owned the words

 

The room quieted

Wondering at youth

At transformation

 

A twisted path

Dimly visible to only a few

Was background now

 

A wider way

Lit with newfound light

Stretched ahead

 

Charles B. Neff

4/9/16

 

 

 

 

 


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 Reviews of "Butterfly"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on April 11, 2016
Your little butterfly and emerged into womanhood… Beautiful! I know you are very proud and she will be delighted with this poem when she sees it.

Ron

Reviewed on April 11, 2016
a public performance or a speech is always something above yourself with your strong focusing on the subject to find some new light, as you said it with skill, Charles. Cheers, alex

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on April 10, 2016
I really liked the way you put this, Charles . . .


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