Butterflies Fly From the Mouthes of Babes

I can't imagine all the things there are I am

asking you to miss

All the moments there will be

when you won't see

one more drop of faith.

Like a she-wolf

I bare my teeth

Daring them to pry - just one

more rotting limb

I will eat them all

All your ideas of who I am

All your ideas of who you'd be

I want to free you

to say I'm not so selfish

I'll let you live, die fulfilled without the

stress of if I lie - if I try to run

with more than peeping monkeys at my back

I'm afraid of how badly I'm broken-

even now

I fight the illogical

I wrestle to not fight

I steam at the nostrils

and stomp my feet daring

anyone to pass-

I can't see -

Who's ahead

just threats-

Endless threats and missed hours.

Yesterday morning - when I last awoke

I was full of surety of your love

You wrapped me in your embrace

and told me my crazy was okay

now- now I realize it wasn't just me

who needed to be forgiven

I see a difference in the silver sparkle when he's near-

You forget me

You ignore me

You believe you can change

who you are because I am your

starling princess

Your amazonian warrier

I'm so much less

I'm hounded by visions

haunted by voices

and my dead fathers paranoia

Butterflies fly from the mouths of babes

and whisper

hush

hush

everything's a secret