i love in heartbeats,
slow and sweet, so sweet,
and hard, and reckless,
and racing, and so close,
maybe too close…
so then running,
and reaching, and aching,
but in heartbeats, everything,
all of it, in heartbeats
– butterflies rising

» the butterflies rising poem ‘i love in heartbeats, slow and sweet, so sweet, and hard, and reckless’ is published in her book ‘wild spirit, soft heart’ and was originally published on the butterflies rising poetry blog