The song of butterflies

I feel sad about the situation in the world. Like the rest of the world we have been in lock down here. We were for about 6 weeks and this week we go to to level 2. This means shops and cafes open with strict guidelines on social distancing. We only had 2 new cases today from existing clusters of Corona. No community spread. Although we have to be vigilant and shouldn't relax too much we also feel reasonably safe  thanks to the quick response of our PM Jacinda Ardern

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The song of butterflies

There is thin glass between

beauty and nothingness

Sometimes I see the flowers

But cannot feel the bliss
of the eruption of colours

in the tulip fields
maroon

Purple

Pure white

Sometimes I see the lake

But fail to feel the serenity
like you find in a monastery

Mystical

tranquil

still

I have vanished into the vacuum
on the empty side

filled with the air of the night
ignorant to the light on
the dark side of the moon
I drown in the murky water
of sorrow

I go on a pilgrimage
to find an oasis of calm

I Unleash my heaviness
Let it drop like a waterfall
drizzling onto some rocks

let it thunder
into a turquoise pool

As I continue my journey

through the fields of life
over its damp dark earth
suddenly a swarm of
Monarch butterflies
fill the air, their wings
flutter in a song

I sing with them