Butterflies

Everyone always expects a butterfly, When they find that fearless cocoon; Hanging over certain death, And inviting a birth from a new womb. They expect a sunrise to arise, To dry out their wings and take flight. Glittering generalities caught in icarus's wings. People expect the best from your worst, And you'll expect that that's best. Yet this expectation leaves us cursed. Like the monarchs, who dance under the sun; When moths are birthed, they dance under a dead one. I reject the notion of expected beauty, I reject this reality that- I need to dance in the sun, Shine bright beneath the trees, And fly high to melt my wings, I despise this idea Because like the moths, I will dance among the stars Between the moons of Jupiter, And sing with selene in the night. I will burst from my cocoon Not in your beauty, But in mine