The Very First Time

Wet tarmac eats light abundantly, excessively
like an overtly hungry baby
suckles on a breast
with absolute concentration
eyes shut to ignore else
reaching the vigor to bend
light to succumb
and cease
in  existence

how many miles of light drawn?
how many zillion beams and rays
wasted?

thrown to oblivion

....and then

eyes wide of daze watch in gaze
is a dive into a cloud from a window seat
of an airplane, woolly
a feather in forgetful wind
like a gentle whisper
through nightmare:
"you are safe now"
in my floating haven

marshmallow chips
parachuting in slow motion of
tranquility

from first ever glance to this
very day
year after years
no difference to words I say
you are, at last
here
and welcomed
magic of the day
as charming as ever
again forever

arrival of royalty
with  delicate dignity
gradually gliding light to
be applauded with marvel
falling feathery from the sky
like angel's arms open

snowflake in your eyelash
lights your gaze to white up
my life bright

Butterflies Our Lives

Butterflies and human minds
have you looked at them fly?
insane like drunk and driving
a plane
better yet, a helicopter

oh, look a butterfly, smiles the child,
the "innocent" mind
how many can correct it
swallowtail to be?

with varying colors and
shapes as we
are same
but marked  essentially
different lives
both outside and within
ourselves

butterflies are preyed
most of their lives
and proportioned time not
truly alive

we are but butterflies
in breeze of time

imagine a water drop
landing on us
during our
whimsy
flight

caught by life
on butterfly net or
bare hands
makes massive distinction
on affects, how we translate the life
in our heads

image is bright, colorful flight
in sunshiny day
human conduct is bound by rules
and laws to protect
us from ourselves

otherwise we live in shadows
of our thoughts

did you know that ninety percent of
lepidopterans are in fact moths? 

as per se we must fly
if we open our eyes from
self-deceit

metamorphosis appears only
from child to adult
anything else
is driven from denial