you wanted me to dream.
and you just wouldn't ever let me
give in to the give-up.
you'd say…
“you better stay hellbent in your heart
and go where it wants you to go… because
it will ache if you don't.”
and when i ache a little
from waiting on a dream, i remember
what you said, and i stay hellbent in my heart,
and i try to go where it wants me to go…
because i know that it will ache
even more if i don't.
– butterflies rising
The butterflies rising poem ‘you wanted me to dream. and you just wouldn't ever let me give in to the give-up.' is an original poem that was published on August 7, 2023, and on September 4, 2023, it was added to her paperback book, ‘she's flowers and fire'. The poem was inspired by something her grandma used to say to her: “you better stay hellbent in your heart and go where it wants you to go… because it will ache if you don't.” And that is something that butterflies rising has carried with her all her life since.
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