for
Alan Moore
It is
time we all learn from the butterfly,
beautiful,
fitful creature
that so unpremeditatively graces our eyes—
We
are fat on the leaves around us;
grown
sluggish, haven’t we eaten enough?
Oh,
some of us are in chrysalis already—
It is
time then we metamorphose further.
It is
time we go all the way.
It is
time we lighten up
into a new
element.
It is
time we feed on nectar.
It is
time we show our color.
It is
time we master the Air
as the
butterfly
so wisely
& playfully
is
adept
of
the ways
of Air—
It is
time we all learn from the butterfly.
It is
time we turn outward our inward beauty.
1999