butterfly someday
Hold on little caterpillar
i know why you move
so slowly
i know why you are so quiet
so vulnerable
and so small
hold on little caterpillar
wait for me
lets become butterflies
I stared, walked slowly
i started holding my tongue
i know why
i know why you're so scared
why you care so much
why i am fascinated
we didn't know,
little caterpillar
that you knew better than we
wait for me.
lets become
butterflies someday
i know little caterpillar
why i cannot come
why my wings
will never grow
will never allow me to take flight
ive learned, little caterpillar,
your secret.
that which i did not know
you must melt,
my friend.
you must consume yourself
you must leave
no part of yourself alive
in order to become a butterfly
wait for me little caterpillar
don't build your cocoon
not yet
im still not patient enough
little caterpillar
im still not silent
i still find parts of myself
unsavory,
im still too afraid
im not ready, little caterpillar
to see you die
to yourself.
i can't stand to see
you achieve
that which i cannot
you left me,
you broke through
your cocoon
you emerged with wings
and a stronger body
but you're still so small
hello, little butterfly
ill catch you
ill take your wings
ill pin them to my skin
ill be a butterfly someday.