Sunday, February 2, 2025

The Way Butterflies Flit In The Summer...

Is the same way they are flitting throughout my chest...

There is something to be said about a person that can make you feel like a kid again. Something about the way they take you back to the days of youth when school yard crushes were practically normal. You almost find yourself rather, like, giddy simply at the sight of them. All of your teeth are on display and your voice even changes an octave. You suddenly find yourself feeling shy and your face feels forever flush. 

I have not felt this way in quite some time, but I am feeling like this rather often as of late. 

I find it extremely fascinating because I did not think that I would feel that way about anyone again. Or maybe, just maybe, I had convinced myself not to feel that way about anyone. I purposely chose individuals that did not cause me to feel butterflies because to feel the butterflies would mean that I would have feelings for the individual; and quite frankly, I was not ready to have feelings for anyone. However, when the right individual comes into your life, you find that you are not be able to control any of your feelings; especially the butterflies.

Right now, I like someone. Like, really like them and I have for quite awhile. Actually, they have become my muse and the reason I have written so many poems in such a short amount of time. It is the fact that they genuinely like me back and the way that they like me back that makes the butterflies' wings beat harder in my chest. That makes me want to write about them because my adoration for them is so overwhelming. 

Understand, it had been ages since my creativity flowed so abundantly.

I kept telling myself that I needed something to truly make me want to write again, I just never imagined it would be because of him...