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Catching a butterfly

As a therapist, my clients often hold up the most potent mirrors back to me. Here is my own reckoning about the concept of god's will and how we hold this proverbial net as we move through the world.

What do you believe about god’s will?

or the proverbial treadmill of life

how do you relate to folklore or the strife held in a fairytale?

when we hear the “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair”

is it a call from out there or from deep within

do you believe pumpkins can turn into carriages

or is it giving an unrealistic message?

what age do we stop believing in the magic of our world

the enigma that twirls inside each of us

when so often there is no room for it on our hectic calendar

and so we come a passenger in our own life

I wish to not be a corner at the end of my days

dissecting which parts of me died first

instead raise my fist and pound it into the earth

letting my knuckles bleed with dirt

to flirt with everything that comes my way

and I don’t mean that in a sexualized, romantic way

but allowing my spirit to play and entrusting my wild curiosity to lead the way

I don’t know how far away from or close I am to this fantasy

but I will keep knocking on the door of mastery

as I wade into the woods letting the butterflies guide me

watching them flit, dance and glide

setting down the reigns I can find myself holding to so tightly

the spreading stain of control glaring back at me

begging to be set free

so, how do you catch a butterfly?

or, do you even try?

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