BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE, THEY SAY,

BUT REALLY, IS THAT TRUE?

WE SEEM TO HAVE TO ANSWER

FOR EVERYTHING WE DO.

TULSABUTTERFLY IS FREE, THEY SAY,

YET I KNOW IT IS NOT TRUE.

FOR I AM TIED TO THIS EARTH

WITH GRAVITY, JUST AS YOU.

ARE BUTTERFLIES FREE TO LOVE,

OR MUST WE BE WELL-GUARDED?

I KNOW THAT I AM NOT FREE TO LOVE,

FOR I HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED

WITH ORDERS AND GREAT DEMANDS

FOR ME TO WORK LONGER AND HARDER,

FROM SOMEONE THAT IS CLOSE TO ME,

YET, HE HAS DISREGARDED

WHAT I HAVE HAD TO SAY,

AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO,

ALL I WANTED WAS TO GIVE MY LOVE

TO SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE TRUE.

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