Love And The Butterfly

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Title:     Love And The Butterfly
Author: Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson [More Titles by Dunbar-Nelson]

I heard a merry voice one day
And glancing at my side,
Fair Love, all breathless, flushed with play,
A butterfly did ride.
"Whither away, oh sportive boy?"
I asked, he tossed his head;
Laughing aloud for purest joy,
And past me swiftly sped.

Next day I heard a plaintive cry
And Love crept in my arms;
Weeping he held the butterfly,
Devoid of all its charms.
Sweet words of comfort, whispered I
Into his dainty ears,
But Love still hugged the butterfly,
And bathed its wounds with tears.

[The end]
Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson's poem: Love And The Butterfly

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