for herself…

she needs to become who she needs to be for herself before she can ever be anything for you.

– butterflies rising

you said,
tell me where you’ve been, love

and i thought of all the lost roads,
and dark corners,
and heavy work, and heartbreak,
and of all the healing

and i just said…
on my way here

– butterflies rising

her,
because she
makes life poetry,
she turns every bit
of it into art

– butterflies rising

integrity is
the sweetest sugar

– butterflies rising

feel
everything
that is
beautiful and possible
in your soul,
and let yourself
become it

– butterflies rising

i want to melt
into you like wild honey,
you feel like summer sun

– butterflies rising

if anyone or anything
needs my spirit to be small…

i’m finally learning
to walk away

– butterflies rising

she’s not here just to be
a supporting character in your story…

she has her own entire story
to live too.

– butterflies rising

if i am to
feel sure of anything,
i must learn to feel
sure of me

– butterflies rising

you are like golden hour, it all glows different when you’re here

– butterflies rising

my axis pulls and pulls to
wherever you are

– butterflies rising

spirit