I feel butterflies
These ones in my stomach
They are not butterflies at all
They are darkness
They are love
They are everything I keep hidden
Everything I’m too afraid to feel
Everything that could bring me to my knees
Either in pain or ecstasy
These butterflies only show up when I am with you
They are clawing at my stomach
Begging to be freed
I keep them locked inside
If I let them out, they would leave a big hole
This hole would put my insides on display
It would show you those very things I have bottled up for so long
All of those fears and failures
Hopes and dreams
It would allow you to touch the heart
I spent so long building a wall around
Giving you my heart isn’t what scares me,
It is the pieces of it you will leave
after you decide you don’t want it anymore
Oct 9, 2017
Oct 9, 2017 at 5:36 PM UTC
I feel butterflies
These ones in my stomach
They are not butterflies at all
They are darkness
They are love
They are everything I keep hidden
Everything I’m too afraid to feel
Everything that could bring me to my knees
Either in pain or ecstasy
These butterflies only show up when I am with you
They are clawing at my stomach
Begging to be freed
I keep them locked inside
If I let them out, they would leave a big hole
This hole would put my insides on display
It would show you those very things I have bottled up for so long
All of those fears and failures
Hopes and dreams
It would allow you to touch the heart
I spent so long building a wall around
Giving you my heart isn’t what scares me,
It is the pieces of it you will leave
after you decide you don’t want it anymore