Butterfly

A poem for a friend.

Butterfly

You flew into my life with a thousand signs

I spent a day wondering why I kept seeing you everywhere I looked,

From pillar to post, you fluttered.

Trying to show me what I don’t know.

But when I found that jacket,

Not really sure

I put my hand into the pocket

And there you where

Enamelled, bright, green

That was now so many years ago

For all this time,

My every step matched by your delightful flight.

Now after so many shared adventures

You have gone,

 In a single night you took flight.

I wish you luck in whoever’s life you will touch next.

Your beauty will always be carried deep inside my heart,

Good luck my little friend.