The Butterfly Within

We think we are but a catepillar,
then we turn inward and create a cocoon

We believe the cocoon will protect us,
but here is not where we live out our days

We will begin to notice that this cocoon,
this protection is no protection at all
it is but a shield keeping us trapped inside

We want to spread our wings, we want to fly and so,
we dig through what we once saw as protection
we remove our cocoon, our false protection

We now desire that which we were once afraid of
that which we desire no longer fits in our small
cramped cocoon, we now desire so much more

We begin to transform and realize that
all along we have been a butterfly
who has been too afraid to fly

We emerge from our cocoon, spread our wings
and live as our true self…the beautiful butterly we’ve always been