Butterfly

A moth drawn to the ethereal light exuded by a lucky few like you to escape eternal night I singed my wings dreaming of brighter things better days I’d been told were destined to dawn for me but never did Fairytale fictions of fancy dress balls Dancing in palaces with princes Finding my one true love who would never leave me like all the others shattering my soul Grinding the pieces into powder under their heels for good measure Burnt and broken covered in soot I struggle to soar an insect Icarus spiraling plummeting to the porch floor to be swept away with all the others who aimed too high believed the lie thought they could be something more Who dared to try to be a butterfly