Butterfly

from my song is love by A. Falomo

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See, I never quite understood
why certain words would recur
in my poems, words
like wings, fly, sky...

...until I met you

And like the butterfly your name is
it perches on the petals of my brain
and remains there
until it transforms itself into a sculptor
and carves
out of my wood face
a shape that mimics the crescent of a moon

...Your name

Your name is a descendant
from ancestors of shapeshifters
'cause it has the capacity
to light up my face whenever I hear
or think about it, like
when someone turns on a switch
in a room saturated with darkness so heavy
like a mother about to give birth or
like the sky on a cloudy day, heavy
with rain, and this rain
is what will make the flowers to bloom again

Your name...

If I was told that I would never fly
I would tell myself that I would at least try. I did.

And like every little kid, Santa is my best friend
and for me every day is Christmas. Last Christmas,
one wish made it to the top of my list - wings, and
last night, my journey to the sky started

And just when my arms were getting tired
I saw you,
sitting elegantly
on a flower you've made your home; the sun

over-zealously casting all its light
to reveal the radiance of the colors on your wings.

It blinded me

I do admit,
that it was for this reason I fell

almost

See, I don't know much
but I know this:
that if this was to be a fairy-tale
then every man on earth would be peasants
and the lucky guy that gets to fall
in love with a queen like you
becomes a king. So,
let me ask you this:

Will you be
to me
what a crown is
to a king
what the stars are
to a night sky
what wings are
to a butterfly

And, what if I told you

that my stomach is an ocean of cocoons
with millions of butterflies inside

waiting to escape, waiting

to spread their wings
and fly
into the welcoming arms of the open sky?

credits

from my song is love, released February 14, 2016
Piano Cover of Joe Cocker 's "You Are So Beautiful" was done by Sheryar Malik

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about

A. Falomo Houston, Texas

...is a/an: Nigerian. poet - who uses his pen as a shovel to unearth those things that make us human. lover: of almonds. the color blue. hymns. grapes. conversations. and turkey bacon. TEDx speaker. author of the collection of poems titled "thread, this wordweaver must!". dreamer. American. He enjoys walking. and talking to himself. which he does...a lot. ... more