A Faraway Place

Leo

In the misty cool rain of the Victoria winter

the tropics beckoned - but only 27 minutes away

Little E - he sat on my arm.

In the humid warmth of a carefully constructed tropic

Inner wings are brilliant blue.

I stopped. I took a deep and truly cleansing breath

in a far away land where butterflies flitted and flew under and over leaves, 

light landing on table tops, on plates of sliced fruit

many hidden in camouflaged beauty.

Scrabbling below, and high in the trees,

lived brown knobbly turtles and brilliant parrots,

Leo, reserved and quiet

Little E, chatty, posed for a picture and flew onto my arm

koi fish flashing by a pair of long legged flamingos

tiny songbirds high in the foliage twittered and flew

Whatever the season ~ a tropical island awaits to renew my vitality.

“We live only to discover beauty. 

All else is a form of waiting’

~ Kahlil Gibran

Victoria Butterfly Gardens

1461 Benvenuto Ave.

Brentwood Bay, BC

1-877-722-0272

www.butterflygardens.com