Safety net

 

Safety net

 

Butterfly, moth with colourful wings,

You pull on my heart strings!

You really are the most beautiful things

The whole of nature cold possibly bring.

Flying so elegantly like a magic fairy.

Years back, in abundance, now so rarely.

So many species, they do vary;

We're losing so much, it's getting scary.

You fly through the air with such precision,

You really are a spectacular vision!

It doesn't seem a difficult decision

To ensure a safety net and some previsions?

Loved you from a very young age,

Kept caterpillars, watched them stage by stage.

But building work is on the rampage -

The nature lovers are outraged.

A dainty flutter in the breeze

But now there's not enough of these.

The same is said of birds and bees

And the need for material wealth spreads like a disease.

You are a sight to behold -

From years gone by I have been sold!

There used to be a hundredfold -

As many as a common cold!

 

Summer, you are my favourite season,

I have so many personal reasons.

Yellow, white, purple, brown, blue and green,

Each and every one a desire to see!

Butterflies, moths, you enrich our land,

From sky to ground, from sea to sand.

But more infrastructure in demand,

An eco system lost from our once green land.

 

Meeting different types far and wide,

Through the air you gently glide.

You're my special friend, I cannot lie,

Though others want to cast you aside .

Some I might not get to see

Will remain in my thoughts especially.

And all the insects realised properly,

For a spirit that looks so carefree.

New builds planned and welcomed citizens,

Build a new life, to make new friends.

But all our creatures we depend,

Although I do not wish to offend.

Let them fly to keep on mating,

We cannot stop the pollinating!

These creatures are so fascinating.

The lack of them, so painful and frustrating.

 

Copyright Linda Lawrence

18/06/23