...In The Garden Of Delight (Best Love Poems) Poem by Charles Wiles (Best Love Poems)

I was busy smelling roses
In the garden of delight
When the wind picked up a moment
And my eyes picked out your flight.

You fluttered round the tulips
So pretty in your way
So lovely in your movement
So wonderful the day.

You danced with me a moment
Then wrapped me in your wings
And in a breath I loved you
With all that loving brings.

So beautiful your colours
So lovely were your eyes
So much I came to love you,
Of all the butterflies!

You dreamed of distant gardens
Where the butterflies fly free
And asked me to go with you
To an island in the sea.

I couldn’t go there with you
So hard it was to stay
So much, in pain, I loved you
So sad you went away.

You danced with me a moment
Then fluttered through the sky
And in a breath... you left me...
My beautiful butterfly.

(May 2004)