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An apology letter to a butterfly

Writer: Archisha Sharma Archisha Sharma

Updated: Jun 24, 2021

On Mondays, I longed for the weekend yet again,

to witness your magnificence;

our ballet amidst the flowers and my resulting effervescence;

with a desire to hold you from behind,

delivering a surprise of my presence.

uh-oh! don't mistake this for a cliché on my old lover,

it's an ode to the animal of my spirit, I uncover.

for its elegance was a treat to my eyes;

its flight fluctuating in gravity, what a smart sight;

and oh those wings brought so much colour to my drab Sunday life, I'd tell my father, let's go catch butterflies!

and now that I think about it, all I want is to apologise.

For I instilled fear in its might and caution in its flight.

i feel like it today, everyday,

vulnerability in beauty scares me.

I feel the same scare when I hear footsteps from behind and the trauma I'd imbibe.

I'm sorry,

I'm so sorry when I made you flutter in fright, your inability to speak assumed as consent despite.

I'm sorry, to have kept you captive for even as small as a second, pausing your liberty at that moment present.

I'm so sorry, to have felt your wing, I wish you could punch me and tightly sting.

I'm sorry to have made you regret, viewing beauty as a sin,

I feel the same sometimes,

cause you're my sole twin;

my spirit animal

i'm so sorry-






 
 
 

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