Fluttering about fairy gardens,
vivid colors and purposeful lives,
butterflies know their calling.
Eat until they are filled and full,
build a protective crysalis,
until they emerge as butterflies.
An artist and storyteller
by the name of Eric Carle
brought a hungry caterpillar
into the homes of many families.
School teachers brought the story
into classrooms and inspired children.
That’s what happens when a seed is planted
in a book, in art, in voice—
It lasts forever in the artfulness, in the
Imaginations of humankind.
Butterflies live on when the world
keeps feeding them
with fairy gardens, simple garden paths,
massive wildflower fields,
all this by caring for the lands.
Help butterflies live
whatever length of time they can
as they are called to be,
as we are called to support.
Learn more about butterflies from this link to the Smithsonian.
Learn more about Eric Carle from this link to the dedicated website.
This posting is in response to the Sunday Prompt of the Poetry Circle from the Garden of Neuro.