Butterfly Lullaby

By well-wisher

Mon, 23 Jul 2012
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Little caterpillar, fast asleep in your cocoon,
can you hear the pitter-patter of an April shower?
You will be a butterfly and burst forth very soon;
utterly beautiful as you flutter ‘bout the flowers.

You will have a pretty patterned pair of silken wings;
multi-coloured like the lovely lullaby of spring
and, when people see you flutter by them, they will say,
"What an abso- bloomin' -lutely gorgeous Springtime day!".

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Submitted by Sooz006 on
This is lovely. I've had loads of butterfly's and bees visiting today, maybe we finally have a summer. And this is in perfect keeping with it.

 

Submitted by well-wisher on
Thank you, Sooz. The faux cockney bit might bother people but I was thinking of Mary Poppins/My Fair Lady as I was writing it and 'abso-bloomin'-lutely' seems like a word that bursts out from inside another word like a cocoon. Glad you like it and glad to hear about the bees and butterflies in your garden. I just added my name to a 'Friends of the Earth' petition to save the British Bee. http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/bee_cause_petition_35038.html

Oh look, a link. I wonder where it leads.

JoHn