Butterfly

Beautiful butterfly on my window,Why do you torment me so?You stop and please my eyeThen flutter to and froBack again with summer’s peakTo grab my heart and tug its stringsThen you leaveTaking with you my breath to power your wings.Where do you go?Why are you searching?What is it that you need to know?

I am but a caged bird with half a soul.Do you want that too?Why return if I bore you so?Oh beautiful butterfly on my window,I rant and rave and bite my chains,But please don’t go.Tell me of the world you see,Tell me the meaning of the word “free.”Please my heart and help me but dreamI’m a bird that’s forgotten how to sing.