Constant

 Home is found

where my heart pounds;

and all that's settled in my bosom

is at home.

💓

Albeit in an altered attire,

even with a change of scenery,

or if the sea of time passes by,

the same heart throbs at the core.

💓

The eternal essence in a changeable form,

wine will be wine,

be it in this or that flagon,

retaining its sweetness.

🍷

Constant © Ladanseuse

English translation of "Konstanta"

Amber Butterfly

 I'm not a butterfly emerged from its chrysalis,

but a Monarch ensnared in amber resin;

a butterfly that's to have spread its wings,

risen up to the welkin longingly,

but got lodged in a golden dream.

🌞

Laid to rest eternally in a warming womb,

it tastes like honey, soft to touch it is,

turned to tinder by a spark easily,

eternalized in its beauty,

with its wings concealed.

🌞

Captive to amber,

like a stone within a stone,

in a motionless slumber

lies a tiny butterflied form,

its spirit

permeated by eternity,

dwelling in luminosity.

🌞

A flutter of butterfly wings

in flickering flashes of light

through the smoothness of glassy facets

is seen by the one

who's a fate-stricken star-gazer

with metamorphic visions.

🌞

Amber Butterfly © Ladanseuse

English translation of "Jantarový motýl" dated 23. 1. 2023, 

based on the Czech concept of 1. 11. 2O22 finalized on 23. 1. 2023