Delicate, Strong, Enduring

She enters the room after the storm
Soft petals swirl in the wind with the smooth side down

A butterfly touches down on the flower
There is no weight, the petals do not move
It tastes the nectar, lightly
The flower faces the sun
Warming to the day that it has
The butterfly goes as it came
Almost un-noticed
The furnace heats the metal glowing hot
Huge monster munching jaws pound the near molten mettle
With each deafening sound the steel grows stronger
Until is cooling steel blue-gray sheen
Rolls out reaching a tensile strength
To become the skeleton for skyscrapers
That rock had shaped the flow of the river
But the river had shaped the rock
What was once just part of the river bed
Now stood an island in its stream
How long seemed forever in geolithic times

In a flash, these were the images in his mind
That shone from his eyes to her damp moist orbs
Delicate, strong, enduring,
He whispered his love you in her ears
And the storm would pass for now