I am a monarch butterfly
one look at me
will have you questioning
your understanding of reality

I'm in awe every day
of how I move without direction
knowing full well that I am trusting an invisible truth
still, I reach out into the world
for anything I can hold onto
doubting that I understand direction at all
letting the rain wipe out the light I know is there
the light that I helped create

full of doubt
full of fear
falling slowly

I will rise again
I have a place that I belong
a place I have never seen
it holds a space for my body
for my soul, for me
and I will get there one of these days
just you watch