“why would
we ever ask each other
to come out from our corners
of self-safety
and crumble down our walls
for anything that wouldn’t
be as true and deep
and beautifully wild
and as gutted open and as
raging as to be living, breathing
thunderstorms in each other’s arms,
tracing our fingers through starlight…
why would i move
when i’m this. terrified. to move.
so if you’re going to ask me
to shed away my safety
…let it be for everything beautiful
imaginable under god.”
– butterflies rising

» the butterflies rising poem why would we ever ask each other to come out from our corners of self-safety and crumble down our walls was originally published on the butterflies rising poetry blog and is in her poetry book she’s flowers and fire.