JoAnna Smith, bless her heart! She searched and searched for a good butterfly image to put in Charlies new cover page -- to symbolize the butterfly in Charlies poem, Butterfly in a Hurricane below. For Charlies Cavalry members who are from outside the U.S., please note that chain link fences in the U.S. are often called hurricane fences. Heres Charlies poem, in case you missed the last posting. Marianne, Charlies Mom BUTTERFLY IN A HURRICANE (Written by Charles Erickson) It flaps its wings, past chain links All the time, on the brink Up and down, through razor wire Sometimes lower, sometimes higher As I watch, I urge it on Past the fence and toward the dawn So easy to find a hole For some reason, it just wont go Is it stuck, stuck like me? All those holes, it doesnt see? Back and forth, it doesnt leave Despite all it could achieve Then, in an instant, it is gone Through a hole, across the lawn I had doubted and it proved deft I have to wonder, why did it stay? What lesson have I learned today? It was free all of this time No matter where it was, or what the climb
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 04:19:51 +0000
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