Allegorical Poem

Allegory

An Allegory is a narrative having a second meaning beneath the surface one - a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. 

Butterflies


We planted butterflies

some time ago

and watched them grow.

Tiny caterpillars slowly crawling

spinning silk

so they don't slip.

They amazed us for

a moment. And then bursting

from out of nowhere

was a butterfly

deep orange and

delighted 

we watched.

One and then two, three and five

tiny butterflies.

Do we keep them in their cage or

let them fly?

We let them go

and watching them

we cried.

They flittered onto the dew and grass

and stood so still,

my eyes nervously roamed the sky.

But he took his time

fluttering through

the breeze

my heart squeezed.

Then they where gone

and there was nothing 

left to do

but take delight

in the bittersweet flight

of our butterfly.