The butterflies in my stomach are nothing more than dust, decayed wings crumbled to oblivion. Once caterpillars, fed on smiles, caresses, laughs, and the stars in your eyes, they grew until they blossomed. They wrapped themselves up in the warmth of hope and the promise of the sparkling future you whispered to them. Out burst their brilliant wings, colored and magnificent, fearlessly beating and tickling my insides, making me blush. Oh, how they fluttered and danced in my cavernous torso, almost flying out of my mouth to kiss your cheeks with their wings. Imagine their surprise when you left, their wings slowed, they landed, slept, quietly waiting your return, but you never came to wake them again. Skeletons of beauty and joy, they lie at the pit of my stomach, their weight is so light, yet miserably heavy.