Butterfly net
to catch the
fragile, fluttering
moments

Gossamer threads
float through the air,
Earth's rotation
straining the days
into its gentle, grasping mesh

No entomologists we;
each vibrant, humming capture
a crystal-eyed, fairylike
wonderment

But this
posession is so scant,
our net is more akin
to a raindrop than a cage -
- evaporating in seconds,
leaving our treasures
free to vanish
before our eyes.