Oh Butterfly, Do Not Yet Float Away

Butterfly, butterfly, please don't you float away On your flower you should stay At least for another day Butterfly, butterfly, your wings fan aside my tears Your soft flutter soothes my fears I've a storm-less mind when you are near You're as fair as the wind is free You're like mother and child Cast your arms towards me We'll be bounded and wild Butterfly, butterfly, please don't you depart Your search for love should never start You can occupy my empty heart Butterfly, butterfly, in me you do revive Times that are sadly not alive In my memories you dive You're as fair as the wind is free You're like mother and child Cast your arms towards me We'll be bounded and wild Butterfly, butterfly, when I'm deaf and when I'm blind You'll still linger in my mind And your glow will illuminate my sky Butterfly, butterfly, you say so much with little sound I know this is not your native ground, And other gardens you are bound