"In every butterfly wing, nature paints its own poetry of freedom and transformation."
Wings of fire, plated in light,
the wind weaves your path and your cross.
Queen of the air, immortal traveler,
across vast fields, desert, and sea.
From the cold north, your homeland,
toward the distant south, your final home,
you follow the pulse of an eternal cycle
that unites the earth with the inner sky.
Who taught you the invisible map,
to read the stars, to be invincible?
Your fragile body defies the wind,
and each wing carries a firmament.
In every flower you drink life and color,
you keep within you the soul of the sun.
Your dance tells ancient stories
of long flights and solitary lands.
You are a symbol of struggle and perseverance,
of faithful return, of hope.
Your wings speak, in their vibration,
of life itself, of its redemption.
Oh, *Danaus plexippus*, faithful messenger,
in you we see a mystery both cruel and sweet:
life that flows, that is born and departs,
but always returns, as you do, without end.
By León Vechhio
Size: Vertical fabric canvas, 1.20 m height x 0.75 m width, raw (unframed)
Technique: Mixed technique in acrylic painting
Condition: On display for sale for USD $800.00
Code: LV-2024-006
Year of Creation: 2024
Author: Lucian Verona