Butterfly

19/10/18 – 5mins

The freshness breaks hard against our backs,

Cruel, unforgiving, unfamiliar.

But, something else… something

New and altogether different.

Again, freshness coils around us, encircling,

All-enveloping, overwhelming.

 

Taken to dizzy new heights

The light! The light!

Somewhere altogether different.

I have never tasted such clean air

Together, no more divided, we spread

Our wings and forgo the losses of

Our ancestors.

For they were foolish then,

And we are wise now.

I have never felt this confident.

All is colour. All is sound.

All is new and beautiful.

Together, strong, unified. We stand

Tall and spread our wings in a vibrant myriad of shades,

Flexing tendrils reaching out.

The new pollinators have arrived.