The Beautiful Butterflies

As I was walking a country path I saw some butterflies in the grass. They were yellow, purple, orange and green not like any I've ever seen. Yet, feeling the breeze of the wind that day I cheerfully walked on as butterflies played, among the flower, bushes, and blooming trees. How beautiful their wings stood out among the leaves. Yellow leaves fell swiftly from the trees to the ground, while the purple ones floated silently about and around. The orange leaves stood out because of the direct light from the sun. The green leave were where the butterflies, lit among the thorns. If I had known earlier about this path, where butterflies played in the grass, I would have had a greater time that day, playing with the butterflies and watching them fly away. Poet, Sue Elaine Rainey Simpson