Butterfly Song for a Mantis

He believes in love blindly

like a child

innocent, pure

Her lullaby now a whisper

barely heard over his own pulse

His heart

cold as steel

tempered, brittle

Autumn falling from his eyes

there

something

wrong

with the taste of his tears

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Published on Monday, October 25, 2010. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "Butterfly Song for a Mantis"

On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, Cassette (1144) wrote:

oh, Leith.... ..... what can i even say to this.
On Monday, July 4, 2011, carlosjackal (3016) wrote:

So very well expressed..and that title is inspired.
On Wednesday, November 24, 2010, Corinthian (309) wrote:

Very sweet , pretty.. soft
A former member wrote: hmmm this took me back a few years... felt like I was backing out of a room, book in hand... breath held... eyes filling over an already full smile.... as flights of angels sung her to her rest.
A former member wrote: wow i really like that poem ^_^ one of my fav