A Short Moment To Live

Next Poem

81 / 372

Previous Poem

Doris Cornago

Poet's Page Poems More

Activity Quotes Comments Following Followers Statistics My Profile Add New Poem Add New Quote

Next Poem

81 / 372

Previous Poem

Autoplay

You may have a short moment to live
But make each moment count
That your life is meaningful
And made complete
Not in the count
But the value
Of touch
Upon
Even
A single
Flower you
Made more valuable
By a flicker, or a longer stay
Making the moment count for a flower

Doris Cornago

Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Topic(s) of this poem: butterfly,lifespan,moments,value

poem poems flower Meaningful

Download image of this poem.

Report this poem

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM

This poem is inspired by the quote from Rabindranath Tagore, The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. I see myself as a butterfly making full use of my time - while I still have my eyes and faculties intact - to express my thoughts in poems. The urgency is not to write poems but to express myself through poems, while I am still able to think and give expression to my thoughts.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM

See All Comments

READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES

This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.

I would like to translate this poem

Poems By Doris Cornago

A Wildflower

And When Grief Comes

You Got Me At Very

Heart Divided, Mind Shattered

Fascination Has Run Cold

See All Poems by Doris Cornago