<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578795" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Unseen Butterfly</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Folding the last edge of the paper <br>he pointed the folds <br>into the palm of his hand, <br>closing it in a clockwork swirl <br>he forms a fist.<br>Turning to the children, <br>He spoke…<br>‘What do you see? ’<br>‘A hand…<br>…a fist’, said the other.<br>Without acknowledgement<br>He asked, ‘Do you see the butterfly? ’<br>As if to turn, <br>and search the skies<br>The children shook their heads.<br>Slowly, gently<br>Unfolding his fingers like petals<br>He tenderly placed his finger <br>On the square of paper…<br>‘Do You see the Butterfly? ’<br>wide eyes and indignant laugh<br>revealed the children’s Puzzlement.<br>‘It’s a piece of paper’ <br>became their mantra<br>Raising his eyebrows, <br>quiet finger to lips <br>he recaptures their attention.<br>‘Look, do you see the Butterfly? ’<br>the slip of paper pinched<br>between finger and thumb<br>‘Do You see the Butterfly? ’<br>Restless, the children<br>Shuffled from foot to foot<br>Peering around and about <br>As if looking through<br>the finger and thumb <br>‘It’s just a piece of paper! ’<br>mocking adult indifference<br>the children say again<br>‘it’s a piece of paper…’<br>Then let us see, he unfolds<br>The first edge opened<br>doubles the dimension<br>of what is visible<br>With his thumbs he expands<br> the dimension a step further<br>‘Do you see the butterfly? ’<br>with taut Patience<br>the children snap<br>‘it’s hidden…it’s hidden….<br>How can we see<br>What is hidden…’<br>Until it is unfolded? <br>Do You see the Butterfly?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Adrian+Wait">Adrian Wait</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578795" data-title="The Unseen Butterfly de Adrian Wait" data-description="Folding the last edge of the paper he pointed the folds into the palm of his hand, closing it in a clockwork swirl he forms a fist. Turning to the children, He spoke… ‘What do you see? ’ ‘A hand… …a fist’, said the other. Withou..."></div> </div> </div>

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