Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Ships With Butterfly Wings


A tear falls to the sand

Waves and wind sigh in their passage

Over the sea to a far distant land

Up to the horizon and then a pause

And then he is gone

Heat of the sun never ceased

Gull's plaintive cries without cause

Forlorn hope never stops to sing

Blinking in the glare, she waits

A result must have a cause

When ships with butterfly wings

Beat into the wind on a quest so fine

Lovers torn apart for a time

No one can say the why of these things

The bonds have been released

Each is free to be their own

This is a seed that must have been sown

And no one can say its fate

Sometimes there is no way to win

But only to endure.

When ships with butterfly wings

Beating into the wind

Carry your heart across the ocean

It is all a person can do, sometimes

To wait and to pray, and to mourn.

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  1. I Loved this, it is way better than mine. With yours I could actually picture a story in my mind. http://demekirk.blogspot.com

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    1. There is a painting called, 'Departure of the Ship with Butterfly Wings,' by Vladimir Kush. In my poem, I would like to take out the second 'cause' and substitute something else.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Kush

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