Photo: Na’ama Yehuda
What had happened to you
In the short life
You knew?
Your wings’ rhythm
Aflutter
To a drum
Gone
Askew?
Your beauty imbued
By what could life
Subdue,
You flit on right
Through,
Gloriously determined,
To be you,
To be you.
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Thank you, John! I was in awe of this little being, flitting about on a torn wing, determined to do what butterflies do, even as it did it’s own thing.
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That is a beautiful butterfly. Alas, not available in the UK
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I wouldn’t think it would be found in the UK (or the US, for that matter) – the photo was taken in Chiang Mai, Thailand … 🙂
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See. Said it weren’t available here.
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Yep! You are amazingly versed in flora and fauna! I find it inspiring!!! 🙂
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Yea? I just live with a field guide constantly to hand.
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That’s admirable already! 🙂 In highschool I had one at hand all the time because I was a biology major and we were expected to know all plants by sight or characteristics … It was a long time ago … but I still remember that fondly!
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I had a wonderful field guide in my youth. Fully keyed. But… don’t know, it disappeared somewhere in my many moves. My current guide is nowhere near so good, although better illustrated.
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Trade-off! 🙂
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Yep.
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Such a lovely butterfly, and the poem was special too!
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🙂 Thank you! I thought it was a beautiful butterfly, too! 🙂
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Aww, your poem gave me a little tear, Na’Ama, such beauty is fleeting but aren’t we lucky to witness it? Gorgeous shot!
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Thank you, Terri!
I saw this marvelous butterfly in Thailand last summer and it was fluttering oddly, which caught my eye — that’s when I saw the torn wing, which did not stop this beauty from going about the business of butterflying. I had to take a photo!
It felt like a blessing.
Na’ama
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