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Holding On While Letting Go

Poetry

This is a collection of poems I've been writing since September of 2013 about various topics--my life, the world, love, things that are important to me, meaningful to me. What will they mean to you, if anything at all? Will my efforts have been in v...

Not Ready Yet (Butterfly)

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by silverlynx216

by silverlynx216

Not Ready Yet (Butterfly)

Slowly, I open my eyes

Long have I been asleep

I stretch

Then stand

And look around

I roll my shoulders

Opening my wings

It feels good to spread them

I jump

I fall to the ground

Falling is no fun

Neither is crashing

Which is what I did

My wings are wet

I can't fly yet

I hope no one will find me here

It is dangerous for me

To be on the grass like this

People don't want me, but sometimes

They'll take what they can get

I rest for a while

Beside where I slept

Or underneath it, at least

I can't climb very well

I was meant to fly

I feel my back becoming stiffer

Stronger

I feel powerful

I take a leap of faith

And soar through the sky