we’re not
meant to be
color blind…
we’re meant to see
all this beauty,
all this texture,
all this life,
in every color,
and every kind
– butterflies rising
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Tag: Poetry
whitman for my infinity…
i need Whitman for my infinity,
but a lil’ Drake can get me through
the temporary
– butterflies rising
Read More →inhale love fully, and let it breathe…
they all love at such exhausting extremes… inhale love fully, and let it breathe…
they all love
at such exhausting extremes,
suffocated or uninvested,
missing the place in between,
where love is trusted
but breathes
…inhale it fully, let it breathe
– butterflies rising
Read More →stay unshaken in pursuit of the light…
roots…
the forgiveness
i owe isn’t to you…
it’s to myself.
for forgetting my worth.
for letting you unearth me
from these roots.
for letting you pull me
from my truth.
– butterflies rising
Read More →like a butterfly, her wings unfolded…
the way his voice sounds, or the words he speaks…
the way
his voice sounds,
or the words he speaks…
i can just never decide what
pulls me in more
– butterflies rising
Read More →he started to come closer, and i said…
he started to come closer,
and i said… don’t. just stay. me here. you there.
he said… so you don’t want to know me.
i said…
no, i do. let me know you. me here. you there.
not because i don’t want to know you,
but, so i can know you as you are.
so beautifully untouched by anything you think
you need to make yourself to be for me.
please. just be.
let me love you as you are.
– butterflies rising
Read More →to feel your soul…
i don’t want to
search through all those other souls
trying to find some way to feel…
i just want to feel your soul.
– butterflies rising
Read More →i think it’s better to be the ones who feel… we rise, we fly…
i think it’s
better to be the ones
who feel than the ones who
do damage… because we may
have these fragile hearts,
and when we crumble,
ever do we crumble,
but unlike those who break us…
we heal
we grow
we become full
we rise
we thrive
and we fly
– butterflies rising
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