from inside the mason jar
white lightnin’ changes things
soft butterflies - denials ploy
disguising “joy” that stings
pleas for freedom locked within
a hell we cannot live without
soft butterflies the exhaled breath
the bottled screams of horror’s mouth
their colors taunt, their wings abhor
slow death in bottled chrysalis
soft butterflies that drift away
cannot abide life such as this
John G. Lawless
©3/22/2018
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