Butterflies

Her eyes
Have seen butterflies flutter
From caterpillar to cocoon
To spreading her wings in the late afternoon


Her eyes
Have seen sunrises color
The starry night sky slowly transforms
Into a hand-painted gift in the early morn


Her eyes
Have seen raindrops splatter
The first sign of a summer shower trickles down her cheek
Soon there are puddles awaiting dancing feet


Her eyes
Have seen beauty begin


Her eyes
Have seen love departed
A family trying to build the perfect picture
Found to frame the picture better without her


Her eyes
Have seen darkness created
A never-ending storm of destruction
Tears were the rain, pain and dysfunction


Her eyes
Have seen dreamers berated
She's not good enough, she'll never measure up
She tried to kill herself instead of growing up


Her eyes
Have seen darker hours


Her eyes
Have seen a body betray her
Barely breathing, barely living, barely dead
"My body's trying to kill me," she said


Her eyes
Have seen a ghost haunt her
They could never understand why she's so fearful
Of the ghost of a man that stands vigil


Her eyes
Have seen what the rosebush did to her
And she knows it was no rosebush then
That carved those lines on her skin


Her eyes...


Sometimes
Her eyes wish they'd just stay shut
Because now
Her eyes
Have seen too much


Her eyes
Have seen butterflies shatter.