April 28, 2019 Comments 6 Pink Panther 2393 Views

The Trapped Butterfly

I’m like a butterfly

Still at its larval stage

Looking for a perfect

Condition for metamorphosis

And when I do transform

I stay confined

My wings unable to take me

To the flowers and the sun

The environment is too cruel

To show off my beautiful

Colours of the rainbow

I am locked up

I am aware of who I am

Yet I cannot express myself

I have been locked up for long

I am losing sense of who I am

What a sad story

For a beautiful butterfly

What a yearning we have

For a better story to tell.

Written by Christian Kings

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Peace
April 28, 07:41 Reply

This Is so me
Saucebutton
April 28, 08:30 Reply

This is so beautiful. Kudos.
Pinepurple
April 28, 14:39 Reply

It’s time to free the colorful butterfly
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April 30, 22:36 Reply

Story of our lives.
This should be the Nigerian LGBT anthem.
Pinepurple
May 01, 05:04 Reply

I support…. Nigerian LGBT anthem
Bloom
February 28, 12:03 Reply

This is so beautiful.
I can so relate to this.