I wrote this little poem many years ago after sitting on my verandah, having afternoon tea      with a friend who was visiting me.

She told me about a friend who had an operation for a cancerous breast. When it had healed, she had a butterfly tattooed where her breast had been.

The poem was published in Pandora, a women's magazine. 

Butterflies            

Creatures of sun and light

And dewy mornings.

Brilliant coloured wings fluttering

among flowers in my garden

giving pleasure

to my friend and me

as we drank tea

on the verandah. 

She had a breast removed

and a butterfly

Tattooed on the spot.

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