It's not smart to shine so brilliantly here.
You beautiful, dazzling butterfly.
With wings, I'm sure, capable of taking you quite far.
Oh, what a marvel!
But freedom is so burdensome you'll soon find.
Here, let me help you into this cage, adorned with the finest of trinkets.
Trust me, the world is quite dangerous for creatures like you.
Lean not on your own understanding,
and do rest your lovely wings with me.
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22 & Learning Poetry Collection: Curiously Beautiful
PoetryBeing vulnerable is one of the scariest things any human being can do; to unfasten the armor reinforced by a lifetime of difficult lessons, strip down to nothing but the fine curves of one's existence, and bare the scars of the soul in the sincerity...
