Butterfly fly free
Butterfly in a cage,
Bruising your wings on the bars:
Butterfly, just stand back
Until you can see how far
How thin the distance,
Between you and there;
The freedom you seek,
Past the barred air
Then fold your wings together
As though never to fly
And squeeze yourself between the rails
And waft away, on a sigh.
poem by Patti Masterman
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