{"id":2816,"date":"2024-01-10T05:26:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T13:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2024-01-15T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:28:36","slug":"butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/01\/10\/butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Butterfly<\/strong><\/p>\n

What if a Butterfly,
\na Monarch,
\nDanaus Plexippus<\/em>,
\nlanded its bright Wings
\non Your Shoulder,<\/p>\n

unknown to You
\nas You go Inside
\nfrom
\nYour Garden.<\/p>\n

Now She\u2019s
\ntrapped
\nand flutters
\nhelplessly
\nagainst Your
\nWindow.<\/p>\n

Do You Decide,
\nfrom Your
\nGod-like Purview,
\nthat She needs
\nto be Beautified
\nbefore You
\nRelease Her?<\/p>\n

Do You search for
\nYour Watercolors,
\nto brush strokes of
\nBright Blue or Green
\nacross Her
\nDiaphanous Wings?<\/p>\n

Do You find a
\nGorgeous Silk Scarf
\nand cut out
\nWings
\nto glue to
\nOur Lady Monarch\u2019s
\nshivering Back?<\/p>\n

Or do You
\ngently,
\nFingers trembling with
\nAdoration,
\ncover Her,
\nfor a Moment,
\nin a Glass Tumbler,<\/p>\n

Carry Her to
\nYour Door and<\/p>\n

Release Her
\nback into Her
\nQueendom?<\/p>\n

My Friend,
\nThe You that is
\nYou
\nneeds no
\nArtful Improvement.<\/p>\n

Release
\nYour Self
\nBack into Your
\nWild Garden.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Kathy Servian; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Butterfly What if a Butterfly, a Monarch, Danaus Plexippus, landed its bright Wings on Your Shoulder, unknown to You as You go Inside from Your Garden. Now She\u2019s trapped and flutters helplessly against Your Window. Do You Decide, from Your God-like Purview, that She needs to be Beautified before You Release Her? Do You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t