Butterfly
Butterfly
A field of daisies
Sway side to side in the wind
Monarchs float with the breeze
Landing on the petal of a rare milkweed
The scent of lavender
Attracts a colony of bees hunting for a bloom
A buzzing community of happiness
Losing their habitat to supply ours
Butterflies take to the sky
Migrating in search of new homes
As their numbers dwindle every year
Our appreciation of their beauty grows
What's love got to do
With the conservation of nature
My Thoughts
A lot of my poetry is blunt and to the point. Butterfly is meant to subtle.
“rare milkweed” is a reference to the rapid loss of milkweed flowers, which is the cause of decreasing monarch butterfly populations.
Another example is “bees hunting for a bloom”. Climate change is causing flowers to bloom out of season, disrupting bees and other flowering insects.
And as promised in the notes of “Climate Anxiety”, this poem is dedicated to my mom. The most loving and caring person I know. Whose name is Daisy, loves butterflies, and constantly sings Tina Turner’s “What's Love Got to Do with It". Thanks for everything you do for me.