little open
books with pages spread
Wings
beautifully painted
and nerved.
These nerves I imagine
composed of
hundreds of tiny words unread unheard.
Read
between lines as air is stirred
with little
effort and great flair
They keep a
record of parables, draw parallels effectively
motifs of
motives in motion
They are
present, you see
but the
stories dearest to me are hidden within history
I got gut
bugs within me. They say time flies.
I have
caterpillars inside having knife fights
with
history book worms
over which
can stitch silk heartstrings to my spine
all my
laughs, all my tears add segments to their bodies
that
petrify to turn into inscribed butterflies
wings full
of consonants and vowels
cocoon body
bags left in bowels
of my
bodily watch tower
My skin
holds history as I watch with my hands before my face
I hold the
truth I confess. I’m clockwork, I guess I tell time
eventually
time will tell
but just as
time I too will pass
It’s a
quarter past
a quarter
past late
came, came
out late
It’s a
quarter past, cause they just got laid
Laid to
rest in my chest waiting to morph
But the
swat team is at my footing picking the lock in the door
They would swat
me down to the floor
Please
please, I’m down on my knees
They called
the police, told me to freeze
Read me
right, please
I will
serve time in all wings of the pen
You have
the right to remain silent
anything
you say will be held against you
hold your
peace, no need for violence
if you
don’t believe,
book me to detect
what lies beneath
cause I
paint many images poly graphically
but
no one gets
to see the chrysalis in me
but I’ll
testify to the metamorphosis
let me
speak my piece of sentences shortlived
the pendulum
swings against my bell jar mouth
glass lips
crack to let butterflies pour out
let them
fill the room and settle down
read their
wings bound
yet
uncovered like me
words don’t
come easily but discourse is effervescent
sometimes a
butterfly turns out to be a Rorschach test
sometimes a
butterfly is just that
what do you
see when I break free from and build on the past
