Butterfly

Butterfly

The dainty flutterby of the insect world

A joyous harbinger of flowery days

A veritable zeitgeist of wold,

Wood and drowsy byways.

But watch carefully the innocent

Wavering Gatekeeper, not ill-named;

For this is a small insistent tyrant

With a spirit not to be tamed.

Some grammatical pedantry

Sees this tiny flying sprite,

The unwanted Comma urgently

Remove with the flashing Admiral White.

Such aeronautical dexterity,

Such venomous intent

And honed accuracy

From one so innocent.

He protects his store of briar borne

Nectar in woodland ride

Whilst jealous rivals make airborne

Raids trying to turn the tide.

Brown and sombre with an eye

To ward off potential enemies

Until he rises to the sky

 Fulfilling ancient enmities.

Dave Urmston c 2017

Humility (MAY SHOULD BE OUT)

Humility

Is it accepting  limitations?

Or repudiating your strengths?

Self-confidence is a wonderful thing,

Over confidence is self-destructive.

Is self-esteem self-supporting?

Or, can you self-implode?

When is self-interest an agenda

Worth pursuing at all costs?

When do self and others come together?

Ensure the balance is right.

June is now here,

MAY SHOULD BE OUT!

Dave Urmston  c June 2017

Why Does?

Why does?

Why does the wagtail wag its tail?

Why do ravens flip their wings?

What do these things entail?

What would happen if things

Were different and the anteater

Stopped eating ant and termite?

If the animals in nature’s theatre

Were to try with all their might

To do things differently.

Why does the swift sleep in the sky?

Why do peacocks strut so proud?

I wonder and ask ‘why’

Whilst thinking aloud

So my dog looks strangely at me.

My soul begs a question

Though I know not the key

Nor the realisation

Of why things are different.

Dave Urmston c 2017

Bad Back

Bad Back

I have a bad back.

It means that I lack

A desire to live

Or the means to give

Back to anyone.

My pains and my ache

Hold me fast, yet take

Me to another

Place in the other

Dark world of within.

I long for relief;

For a medic-thief

To take away the

Gnawing pain from me.

Leave me whole again.

Dave Urmston c 2017