Farewell Freedom

Goodbye, Butterfly

Your sweetened wings, I memorized frantically

seconds before purple spots disappeared

over the patterns of waving summer.

You're the last vision I saw just as the walls submerged me

Your few beats brought joy across my cheeks.

And I miss your hum as your frail body bathed in the sunbeams.

Will you come back to me?

I know the seasons whisk you away

as quickly as night basks the day.

If you find the time, dear Butterfly

please drop your wings long enough

to detour by my side.

Give me the chance to glide behind one more smile.

Until then, goodbye Butterfly.