CATCH THE BUTTERFLY

Better catch the butterfly before it flies away
Better hold onto your dream before the end of day
Nothing seems to last too long
Not even the windswept lovers’ song
Only the brave can make a wish
And stir it around in a petri dish
But what of the dreamer who lives for life
Damns his soul and runs from strife
I know of a moth who dares to dream
To be a beautiful creature and live by a stream
Its color is drab…gray and flat
Its heart is full…imagine that!
It carries on from flower to flower
Next to that butterfly hour by hour
A challenge to nature’s scheme of things
Does it matter?
The butterfly and moth both have wings
I want to talk to that moth by the end of the day
It reminds me of me in every way
To dream a dream that’s hard to grasp
From dull to beauty not mad to clasp
A purpose
A meaning
A reason to be
From moth to butterfly
Yes, that is me……………… 

– © D. Payne