BUTTERFLIES (for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #63 – Magical)

  What magic is in a butterfly That casts a spell on the beholder The moment it flutters by? Would it be the flash of color That cuts through the air, or the silent Grace stirring the stillness of summer? Is it the broken wings that tyrant Age has wrought? So fragile, so strong Flying

LOVELINESS (for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #54-Detail)

Petals pool on the ground Time is passing by Flowers droop, one last bow But the dragonfly wings glisten And the sunfish flit in the pond The ugly duckling is becoming a swan Fireflies light the summer nights And tomorrow, dew will bathe the dawning skies. Loveliness happens Even as flowers die.   Last week,