The butterfly (metaphor)

by katie!   Sep 25, 2005


Here I sit, in my stain glassed window
Watching the butterfly escaping his cacoon
Struggling against bonds, to free his beauty
Releasing his wings beneath the candlelit moon

The pale wings flutter gently in the morning breeze
Patterned with never ending images of life
Colours swirl into one another with perfect ease
Cutting through the air with a master piece knife

A storm rises as I stare, winds speeding within
I watch his body resist with true might
Bitter cold tears at his wings and small body
Teasing him, waiting to ensnare him with night

At last he is broken, torn away from the leaves
Whipped from side to side whilst the hurricane sighs
Losing all control over each motion, a cruel dance
Living but for a second, my butterfly dies

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  • 19 years ago

    by Jacklyn

    Oo i like this peice. it's writen very well! i like the hurrican line i just think that many of us can relate to that line right now (least in the south of the us) but i'm in the north but yet it effects us. but any ways as i was saying that line just has power right now and puts forth a strong meaning.

    ~Jacklyn

  • 19 years ago

    by Drew Gold

    Well first, i only have some technicalities to point out, and i could very easily be wrong in the first place. if your looking thru a stained glass window, at night, no less, i dont think you'd be able to see a butterfly.. but thats not very consequential.. i enjoyed the imagery of this piece.. one thing i would change is the last line of the second stanza.. id change it to a simile and say

    Cutting through the air like a master piece knife

    it just seems more fitting, as i dont really notice any real knife being incorporated into the piece.. i think this stanza flowed the easiest..

    im really, really bad with metaphor, so i failed to catch this one.. its a shame cuz it seems like the whole piece is based off it.. anyway.. good read on the surface, and im sure the deeper meanings are just as beautiful.. good read!

  • 19 years ago

    by Roulin

    It's a beautifully described Metaphor and as a parrallel to what I THINK you're describing its damn accurate.
    Keep it up
    Luv Scarlet xxxxxxxx