“you wanted me to dream.
and you just wouldn’t ever let me
give in to the give-up.

you’d say…
“you better stay hellbent in your heart
and go where it wants you to go… because
it will ache if you don’t.”

and when i ache a little
from waiting on a dream, i remember
what you said, and i stay hellbent in my heart,
and i try to go where it wants me to go…
because i know that it will ache
even more if i don’t.”

– butterflies rising

» The butterflies rising poem ‘you’d say… “you better stay hellbent in your heart and go where it wants you to go’ is a poem that was originally published on the butterflies rising poetry blog