Butterflies
I knew these things, but somehow ‘the advertising’ got in the way
but I’m awake now and I know, I’ve always known,
that being ‘needed’ is not being ‘loved’
and being ‘controlled’ is not being ‘cared for’
BUTTERFLIES by Donna Williams
if someone takes your disabilities and makes them your gilded cage
then you take charge of your disabilities like never before
for they are your fallibility, the keys to your cagea key you allowed someone else to call theirs
because they taught you this was love and caring
and in the light of day you realise it had nothing to do with youso you look in the mirror and say, wow, there’s a fool
and brush off the dust and say, ok, so the world is full of fools so I’m in good companyand you look at your life and say, wow, there’s an island
but islands can build bridgesand you look at your smile and say
wow, I’d forgotten I could wake up with thisand you look at your time and say
you ain’t Florence Nightingale, so follow that smile
because a heart shouldn’t be heavy
it should be light
because a heavy heart will never fly
and butterflies can.
Donna Wiliams
