This Moment

An orange butterfly visited one of the bright marigolds. Pumping her wings as she sucked up sweet nectar she flashed the silvery undersides of her hindwings in the sunlight, then flew on.
A second in the brief lifespan of an insect.
Forever in my mind’s eye.

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