Chronically Elle

a little friend landed on my foot the other morning and it really moved me. This poem is called “Encounter,” based off this magical moment.

Encounter by Elle Noecker

Just as I watch the 

sun as he rise 

I am caught in 

sudden yet

pleasant surprise

to find I’ve been 

blessed by

beautiful bliss

Miss butterfly!

miraculously floats 

from seas of blue 

she lands so delicate upon my shoe 

now slowly and surely 

I’m grounded and true. 

Her yellow design 

like the sun 

starts to rise

guiding me to realize 

maybe I 

too can metamorphosize. 

I breathe in relief,

release and sigh.  

This insect encounter 

a sign

so divine, 

It’s time 

to revise 

and leave 

what’s changeless

behind.  

This encounter

my signal

to grow

wings 

and 

fly