Nature's Butterflies

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.