Nature's Butterflies Poem by Francis Duggan

When they grow their wings and leave their pupa stage
Their time span seems brief and so quickly they age
Just a few days or less in the parkland to fly
And enjoy the freedom of the open sky,
I love them in their colours of red, spotted, white or brown
In Rural paddocks and gardens or parks of the town
So lovely to look at in the Summer sunlight
Just seeing Nature's butterflies a thing of delight
So little time to mate and so quickly they die
A second to them is a minute to such as i
Around the flower beds and the blossoming trees
They flit in the sunshine and the gentle breeze
Yet so brief is their beauty and their life hours
They do not even outlive the bloom of the flowers.