Sally Bliumis-Dunn

Butterfly

I once held an injured
Monarch in my hands.

I wanted to feel
the softness of its wings.

Touched, a fine
orange and black

powder coated
my fingertips;

and where I had fingered
the wing

the orange and black
were smudged,

and the tip, the very
tip of the wing

was transparent
and pale as rain.

Sally Bliumis-Dunn

"Butterfly" is from Talking Underwater (Wind Publications, 2007).

Posted on May 16, 2009 6:57 AM