These dreams I hold are butterfly pods
Alien pupae covered in probability
Twitching with life inside …
Sun-mother, sky-goddess
Rabbi, sensei
Teach me to live with wonder
Like foaming sea and sand
Teach me to spread my filmy wings
Like unfolding mouths of rose petals
Teach me to grow
With each passing day, and
Teach me to see hope
In every breath he takes …
Alien pupae covered in probability
Twitching with life inside …
Sun-mother, sky-goddess
Rabbi, sensei
Teach me to live with wonder
Like foaming sea and sand
Teach me to spread my filmy wings
Like unfolding mouths of rose petals
Teach me to grow
With each passing day, and
Teach me to see hope
In every breath he takes …
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.
Hallow
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