Butterflies, birds and words: A poem 

Words are like butterflies 

They have short lives 

They simply get around 

and then quietly forgotten without a sound 

Butterflies have colourful wings 

They can spawn, but they can’t sing 

They are like flowers in the wind 

No history or future they can bring 

Can a word be like a star? 

Aging and burning over millennia 

Words can be cut in stone 

But even stone can get brittle and worn 

There are some with not a word 

And broken and forlorn is the bird 

That knows this age is not its wings 

Can the future bring in the sangue real kings? 

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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