Butterfly

By Ian Valencia

Beautiful butterfly on my window,

Why do you torment me so?

You stop and please my eye

Then flutter to and fro

Back again with summer’s peak

To grab my heart and tug its strings

Then you leave

Taking with you my breath to power your wings.

Where do you go?

Why are you searching?

What is it that you need to know?

I am but a caged bird with half a soul.

Do you want that too?

Why return if I bore you so?

Oh beautiful butterfly on my window

I rant and rave and bite my chains

But please don’t go.

Tell me of the world you see

Tell me the meaning of the word “free”

Please my heart and help me but Dream

I’m a bird that’s forgotten how to sing.