today
while smoking a cigarette
I saw a butterfly
dead on the sidewalk
it was neither gruesome or disturbing
in fact
it was almost peaceful in a way
just nature at its end
I wish I was a butterfly
transformed
from wretchedness
into something beautiful
to you:to me
the attraction is anything but
physical
it eats like hell
for a solid week
sleeps for the next three
emerges
arrives
evolved
into the sky
life is now at its most poignant pinnacle
beautiful
tende
vulnerable
utterly free
no longer even bound by gravity
I bet that’s a ******* trip
but
there’s always a but
irreversibly limited to a handful of days
I wish I was a butterfly
alive for a month of this ****
and then beautifully
quietly
lie down on a sidewalk
and die.
Nov 29, 2014
Nov 29, 2014 at 2:44 AM UTC
today
while smoking a cigarette
I saw a butterfly
dead on the sidewalk
it was neither gruesome or disturbing
in fact
it was almost peaceful in a way
just nature at its end
I wish I was a butterfly
transformed
from wretchedness
into something beautiful
to you:to me
the attraction is anything but
physical
it eats like hell
for a solid week
sleeps for the next three
emerges
arrives
evolved
into the sky
life is now at its most poignant pinnacle
beautiful
tende
vulnerable
utterly free
no longer even bound by gravity
I bet that’s a ******* trip
but
there’s always a but
irreversibly limited to a handful of days
I wish I was a butterfly
alive for a month of this ****
and then beautifully
quietly
lie down on a sidewalk
and die.
