Sometimes
I get caught up
Too much
In what I feel
That hardly
Anything
Gets out of me

I woke up in an English Garden
With the Lavender in full bloom
My thoughts unconsciously keeping time
To a psychedelic tune

While a caterpillar that looked familiar
Asked about his friend
Who crawled into a blue cocoon
And was never seen again

That's when a butterfly flew to my side
Landing on a mossy rock
Looked at me quite knowingly
And asked me what I thought

I thought about the present
I thought about the past
I thought about the question
The caterpillar asked

I thought about the butterfly
I thought about it thoughtfully
Till I crawled into my own cocoon
Where it is I sprouted wings

Now I fly about English Gardens
Mostly in the Spring
Asking people quite knowingly
What is is they think

So…
Here we are again
But…
Are you even here?
True…
I don’t know what to say
Sad…
You refuse to listen

Pain…
How it seems unending
Breathe…
I struggle to exhale
Wake…
If only I were dreaming
Take this broken heart away

Fall…
No one there to catch me
Rise…
Here alone again
Drown…
Silence never ending
Please…
Bring the sun again

Hell…
I don’t know what to pray
Fly…
With broken wings, I crawl
Stained…
Won’t you take these memories?
Mind the jagged edges

Stay…
There’s still so much beauty
Smile…
This is not the end
Fight…
Rend the veil asunder
Be…
You’re more than you will claim

Cry…
Just don’t let it take you
Scream…
Let your soul exclaim
Truth…
One day there will be more
than these conversations with myself