for my Purple Creature
Please, please, don’t think that
butterflies are silly with
a short memory
Please, please, don’t think that
they sit on this withered bush
without a purpose
No… They remember
its beauty. They remember
all colors and forms
How it bloomed before
a thunder-bolt that summer
Yes, they remember
They sit the same day
every year… it’s a present
The birthday present
The present from butterflies
for their depressed withered friend
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2015
Years ago, I saw a butterfly land on a floating ice cream stick in a creek so it could go surfing. The following year I had flowers prepared with deeply placed sweet nectar. As I watched it insert its long proboscis into a flower, I asked it if it remembered. In the whisper of a wing flap it said that its Grandmother told it a story about surfing to find the most delicious flower ever next to a girl who giggled like a babbling brook.
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Damn, that’s poetry right there! Thanks for reading, Doug! 😄
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I have always suspected that…. Aha… Butterflies remember Everything!…. That’s probably why they live very little!. Sigh… Hugs Tati! ❤ Aquileana 😀
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Awwww… thank you, Aquileana!
OMG… Do you mean that they’re unwanted witnesses for people?
That’s why they live very little?! 😯
Oh, dear me… I never thought of this… poor butterflies! 😥
Hugs and kisses, my olympian Aquileana ❤
Your Tati
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The purple creature is flying out of happiness! I could see it! Emotionally awesome! 🙂
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Aww… thank you, Prakash! 🙂
Well… also Purple Creature growled something like ‘UAHHR’… It’s the ultimate form of gratitude from him 😛
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I love this too Tia …stunning and captivating …just like you ….hugs of love and thank you for making me remember , remember the exquisite ways of the Divine we all share with nature …so beautiful ..xxxmeg
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Thank you, Meg ❤

Yes, Mother Nature is an endless source of healing and inspirations… like your amazing comments 🙂
Take care, my beautiful Meg!
With love, your butterfly Tia XXX
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Iii think I am ready to bloom again at this late age.
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My dear, my beautiful Shalilah!
It’s never too late! I beg you… bloom, be fragrant, play with forms and colors! It’s not about age of your body… it’s about age of your soul ❤
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Such a fine tribute, Tati. It really truly is! 😀
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Thank you, Tony ❤
It was inspired by his letter… I hope, Purple Creature will not consider that I overstepped a border of private correspondence 😛
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Excellent Tati. Funny and thought provoking!
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Oh… thank you, Mark!
‘Funny and thought provoking’… probably it’s the best combination of compliments for me! YAY 😀
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Brilliant as usual my dear lady!!
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Awww… thank you, my modest friend 😛
Matt, your works are brilliant not less than mine… and I’m really happy that you liked my little poetic tribute to a man who I consider my godfather in writing ❤
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I love this!
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Thank you very much, Nathalie ❤
(Oh… I love that your nickname "Purpleanais" has something in common with the nickname of my dearest Purple Creature!)
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Wonderful work!!
❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you, my light angel 😛
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Your welcome my ❤️
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