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# Butterflies of Light
- URL: https://www.yacubdavidsmith.com/butterflies-of-light/
- Published: 2026-09-27T07:56:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-27T08:37:14.000Z
- Author: yacub david smith
- Tags: Poetry, For Our Creator

Butterflies of the earth  
that playfully intersect  
along the mountain of life,  
through fields that cover decades  
with verdant, plush carpets  
and teasing lilies,  
as the embrace of the sun  
tickles them with wind.  
  
Or like comets racing  
across the night sky,  
through the universe,  
each with an intricate purpose.  
  
Or like birds full of colour  
who live their lives  
pursuing each other—  
but all the while  
something else is taking place.  
  
They tend Jehovah’s creation,  
Jehovah’s earth,  
by their very nature—  
  
and the butterflies, too, bring  
delight to his servants,  
bring encouragement,  
uncover Jehovah’s wisdom—  
  
and peace, sweet placid peace,  
as fresh as a spring day,  
as sharp as the colours of fall,  
as soft as the touch of your hand.  
  
Those butterflies, like twinkles  
of light, flutter around  
the surface of God’s mountains,  
doing his bidding.  
  
Do not think that perhaps,  
for now, we are not  
but those beautiful  
butterflies of light.  
  
When it is God’s will  
to create or beautify,  
he will unite those  
seemingly insouciant creatures,  
  
and in the warmth  
of their breath  
they will spread  
the Creator’s splendour  
  
across the evanescent  
illumination of day,  
leaving light and heat  
for the night.

*Boston, Spring 1994* 
*YDS*