Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Farewell, sprigs


Fallen flowers rise
back to the branch -- I watch:
oh. . . butterflies!

--Moritake (1452-1540)


They say butterflies winter in the warm air of Mexico. Then they come back. Farewell, sprigs. I shall surely miss you. Come back!

3 comments:

Joyce Ellen Davis said...

Oh! Like a Transformer, right? Or a Shapeshifter!

Anonymous said...

LOVE that butterfly - and the words are simply beaut.

Lyrically speaking said...

This was wonderful to read, thanks for sharing :)