Flowers and Butterflies (Spring, Two Thousand-Twenty)

Flowers and butterflies,
They are things of beauty.
Cycles of life beauty.
They make strife so very nice!

In this moment of time
Amelia is the one!
Beautiful! Precious! … Sly!!
Why sly? … See the twinkle
In her telling brown eyes.
Malandrinha. Like dad.
Mischievous. Lovable.
Our last grandchild; she’s two.

Of course, … Abby and Ian …
These sixteen-year-old twins …
They are very special too.
Compared to Amelia
Maybe not so very sweet;
Perhaps more innocent?

William Harvey Martin,
Lane, Owen Zane, Landon?
All are flowers that fly!
And metamorphosing,
These crazy butterflies.

Two, five, seven, four-, six-teen.
Como borboletas
Generally happy,
But sometimes … well … quite blue.
Transforming and transformed.
Through you! … Very anew!

Flowers and butterflies,
They are things of beauty.
Cycles of life beauty.
They make strife so very nice!

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