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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Tiger Swallowtail



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Darkness and light lie 
side by side
Lovers
Making each other stronger by opposition

You are composed of dichotomies:
Fragile wings 
the colors of a killer
Soaring born of crawling
Beauty and grace from lowliness

You are a stringless kite
Dipping and diving
to escape your earthbound origins

You inspire awe, envy
Desire
You are free
You are imperiled
from those who seek to kill
what they can not possess.

submitted for Poetry Jam, Your Stripes, My Stripes