If I renounce my dreams because I know
That by renouncing them they will come to pass,
Am I really letting anything go?
And will my dreams come true then, anyway?

And if I love a butterfly and set it free,
And watch it flutter off without an aim
To let it live somewhere on its last day,
Will it ever come back to me?

And if I dream of the butterfly's return,
And see it's fractal colors lined with black
Like the stained glass in an empty church,
Will I be glad that the butterfly is back?

-jenn