I get high on butterflies;
the way they loom in the air
and land on air-dromes
                                                    of petals

and with nervous wings
shake off their colours
                                                     of orange, green and blue….
I get high on butterflies’
their very names;
                         Tiger swallow tail
                          Zebra
                          Pygmy blue
                          Arctic skipper
                          Spring azure
                          Common wood nymph.

Caught in the net of my mind
they whirl around
                          and around….