After reading Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening, May 17
Unspeakable things
flutter inside my chest,
black butterfly wings.
It is not until long after
I let them go
I notice
they might be beautiful
May 18, 2011 by Rosemerry
After reading Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening, May 17
Unspeakable things
flutter inside my chest,
black butterfly wings.
It is not until long after
I let them go
I notice
they might be beautiful
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Never read Mark Nepo, but the black butterflies is certainly a provocative image, and moving them up from your stomach, where they’re usually thought to be fluttering, is so nice. The title is a turn in itself on the poem, once the reader has finished.