The Butterfly (2023)

You are my muse my dear.
My reason to keep going.

Like a caterpillar during metamorphosis,
I too was in a cocoon of my own doing.
Wrapped up in self hatred and doubt.
I laid dormant and unchanging.

Over the years some of the layers peeled away by others.
Making it easier to pop out whenever I was ready.
But they couldn’t get to the core of my soul,
Unlike you.

You peeled back a layer as a friend,
But that was all at first.

The more time I spent with you,
The more layers you uncovered.
Seeing the darkest parts of me,
And never shuddered.

The more that I let you in,
The more I began to feel again.
Through the pain and sadness,
You soon became my own personal Atlas.

Lifting my world up on your shoulders.
Reminding me that I’ll never be alone again.

You soon unraveled all of the cocoon that I had surrounding me.
Like it was wrapping paper on Christmas day,
Threw it to the side and let it fade away.
And embraced the husk of what I was.

Still to this day you help me grow,
Start to change into the butterfly I was meant to be.
However the time has not come for me to fly on my own,
So I hope you can still be with me during this journey.

When the day comes to finally spread open my wings,
I hope we can dance in the sky like we were meant to be.

Prompt: Metanoia
The journey of changing one's mind, heart, self, or way of life.