Chasing Butterflies

Butterflies have vibrant wings and fly carefree in the wind.

They travel from flower to flower making their mark.

Their wings are distinctive and special in their own way. 

As they glide, they send messages containing all one’s hopes and dreams.

Some dreams, we carry with us and others are lost along the way.

When we see butterflies, we are reminded of our youth and how time passes by.

Like caterpillars transforming into butterflies, we too take another form from child to adult.

Although we are different, in some ways we are the same.

One day, we also find our wings and fly.

Similar to butterflies, we too are one of a kind.

Butterflies travel from flower to flower.

With a blink of an eye, the moment passes us by.

When we look, we must be able to see and remember our hopes and dreams.

Like our lives, our future is unknown.

We do not know when the moment will be gone, nor when our special loved one will take a new form.

The present must be embraced, we must look at the butterfly and see it.

The past is gone.

This precious moment too, will pass us by.

Before we know it, we are chasing butterflies.