green butterflies
At long last
just in the last few hours
faint hints of color
dust the tree limbs
for months I've been
awaiting this very moment
when swelling leaf buds
pop open with joy
now just born
tender growing leaves
long to dance
on the wind
soon —
like green butterflies
freed from chrysalises —
they will
— martha jane adams
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