Butterflies
on a plane
i belonged with you,
cocoons of cut-out eyes
and paper-thin legs.
your hair mingled
with a shoulder of mine
yet your secrets kept
to their fragile selves,
in the back of your tongue.
i wanted you there.
and when we crashed down like
recreating endless s t a i r s
i could have sworn,
i saw your secret
in your eyes
in your sleep
as we e x p l o d e
in the forest trees.
i belonged with you,
cocoons of cut-out eyes
and paper-thin legs.
your hair mingled
with a shoulder of mine
yet your secrets kept
to their fragile selves,
in the back of your tongue.
i wanted you there.
and when we crashed down like
recreating endless s t a i r s
i could have sworn,
i saw your secret
in your eyes
in your sleep
as we e x p l o d e
in the forest trees.