Pinning The Butterfly

Trying to hold onto
and preserve what one
loves and feels deeply, is
like trying to pin the butterfly.

The collector knows
the butterfly can only
thrive for a very short
time, freely in the world

And so he pins its
unique beauty in place
for what he hopes is forever

Is this what we try to
accomplish with art and music;
with our written words,
and the love we feel?

Sana Rose
This poem is definitely a food for thought... Every art is an imprint...in paper, earth, or minds... Pinning down is the right word... Tfs..

Dream Weaver
there is an ethereal quality to poetry that is definatly like pinning beauty down ...you've captured this well here:0

Genova Maaa
art and music and poetry are self expressions which beome eternal at least in the mind of the artist......... it is a heavenly experience......... we try to pin down all the beauty ......