“there is
nothing i could lose
that i would miss
as much as i have missed
the feel of my own soul
when i wasn't listening to it,
and i'm listening now…
and it's telling me
that i am meant to be
where my lungs can breathe easy
and where there's wing-shaped air
to stretch into all around me”
– butterflies rising

» the butterflies rising poem ‘there is nothing i could lose that i would miss as much as i have missed the feel of my own soul when i wasn't listening to it' awas originally published on the butterflies rising poetry blog