Complicated things by trying to fix it
Bad decisions after one another
Little bread crumbs that lead to despair
Hope is a trick
Only the fortunate can discover
Trying to find meaning yet stuck in a maze
gazing at the moon waiting to be saved
stumbling and falling I can never walk straight
energy only ever wasted
on the wrong people
all I’ve ever wanted is to be free
here I am tamed in a cage
all I’ve wished for is to be brave
here I am abandoned and scared
waking up from nightmares
only finding reality more formidable
traps and monsters are just as cruel
looking down into the lake
and see my reflection
I am the very monster from which
I am running away
A dream that can’t be awaken
A trap I can’t escape
But then a shadow floated across
Touching my chin with grace
And I stare into its gaze
A child crying at an empty place
Dark and gloomy like a wraith
The kid looks back from the shadow’s pupils
I see my childhood face plain as day
A monster yet to be made
Hurt and broken but still can be saved
I wish I could hug her in this parallel space
I want to tell her everything is going to be okay
Your future doesn’t have to be this way
There is still a chance for things to change
It is not to late
For you to erase the pain
Hurt and broken but still can be saved
The metal flesh can be ablated
And you can see the peace inside it
The soft cotton heart you’ve been hiding all this time
It is pure and it is a gate
A ticket to wonderland
So you can for once be the fortunate
Look upon the sky
And see the moonlight shines
on a silver lake
there shall be no more reflections of monsters
or the atrocious cage
but just a kid
discovering her way
Butterfly Poetry 