Peace and Swallowtail Butterfly
Artwork by
Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts
In My Dream
Golden wings span wide
Soaring in the sky
Circling to find nectar
That gives life to go on
Tired from long trip
Passing through
The troubled world
They do not see
My beautiful wings
They are busy fighting
My short life will be gone
Before they realize that
Peace is what they need
This garden in downtown Newark
Gives me nectar extending my life
The flowers of the butterfly bush
Are dazzling
I will use the flowers
To form the peace symbol
To show humans that
Their greed and separation
Brings them destruction
I hope they will see that
Kindness and compassion
Will save civilization
Let them see my Peace symbol
Let them change their minds
Let them stop selling weapons
To destroy one another
Let them sit eating together
Enjoying life
Let them plant gardens
For my children
They will be here soon
I will lay my eggs
Hoping that their first sight of the world
Will see civilized human beings
Happy people
Loving and helping one another
Hopefully my offspring will see
Beautiful gardens all around
I see my children
Soaring pretty wings
In fresh and healthy air
With all human children
Laughing, running and playing
Free and happy far and wide
The children are together
With my offspring
Dancing and singing
Peace on earth is everywhere
That is a joyful world
In my dream
Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts
Wednesday, September 03, 2014, 9:02 pm
Swallowtail Butterfly Making a Peace Symbol
Passing through the rectangular window in the kitchen my eyes aimed at the butterfly bush trees in the garden. I saw the butterfly bush flowers blossom beautifully in late spring, waiting for the bees and butterflies come to taste the sweet nectar. On the nice bright sunshine afternoon of Tuesday, August 12, I spotted some yellow object on one of butterfly bush flower. As fast as I could, I grabbed my camcorder and went to the garden. My heart was beating fast with excitement seeing a beautiful and very large Swallowtail butterfly. I started to record in video and still pictures at the same time. All year long I waited for you, now you finally came. My hard work of taking care of the garden was worthwhile. Even though you visited me for only a short time I will have a good memory of you until next year when I will wait for you in our garden here in downtown Newark.
Ing-On Vibulbhan-Watts, Sunday, October 12, 2014
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