Earth Day

Two Butterflies went out at Noon –

And waltzed above a Farm –

Then stepped straight through the Firmament

And rested on a Beam –

And then – together bore away

Upon a shining Sea –

Though never yet, in any Port –

Their coming mentioned – be –

If spoken by the distant Bird –

If met in Ether Sea

By Frigate, or by Merchantman –

No notice – was – to me –

— Emily Dickinson