Butterflies in the Woods

Painting and Poem by Dr Abe V Rotor

For Candido and Socorro Raquepo on their 

50^th Wedding Anniversary, Nov 30, 2017

They come fluttering in a swarm in Spring,

In the magic of metamorphosis;

They come in Autumn when trees are bare,

In the mystery of symbiosis. 

The blue sky and brown earth are but one,

The woods in harmonious unity; 

Creatures all, big and small, to freedom,

Where peace reigns in diversity.

Where does man come in, what’s his part? 

In a thousand ways we can only guess;

Would Nature be better with his genius? 

Or simply his awe and reverence. ~