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The Blue Butterfly
It's not that we've lost faith
In truth that you've embraced
I can't break its hug,
I just feel enslaved.
I want you to dream here
I want to stay here
It's just that I know,
Your time to leave has come near.
I feel myself faraway
But I can't just run away
If I do so,
To your fate I will disobey.
They say if you mess with time
I will be entwined
You cannot, abandon destiny
You cannot, leave me behind.
I can't fly to you there
Like the flower petals here
If you tell me to flutter my wings,
I will change kismet's way everywhere.
Why are you in the darkness alone?
The answer just sits their unknown
If you had just whispered my name,
There I would be- I would have flown.
What if we unraveled from time's mess?
What if we overwhelm our nest?
Follow my flickers, follow your light
Make your stars' shadow luminesce.
Before you, there was a blizzard- and I was appeared
Just like you- I was feart and I was feared
But all I did was flitter my wings
And all the winds were henceforth veered.
You are slowly falling for my whispers
Come forth! But be a little quicker
For if you don't come back by midnight,
In the chiaroscuro you will be held a prisoner.
Turn the pages a little more
Swim farther away from the shore
Do it, and you will face the consequence
Of all of the worlds being yours.
Into the tempting water we immerse
But don't dive too deep- I might be adverse
Let's play with the strings a little bit,
Let's cause ripples in the universe.
This poem, as the title hints, is a song to by the Blue Butterfly to a person who is going to make a life-changing decision. In chaos theroy, the butterfly effect states that a small change can make much bigger changes happen; one small incident can have a big impact on the future. The idea came to be known as the “butterfly effect” after a mathemtician suggested that the flap of a butterfly's wings might ultimately cause a tornado. It is often represented as a blue butterfly.
The interpretation is entirely up to the reader. However, the main idea of this poem revolves around the Butterfly trying to 'tempt' the person into making a decision- whether it be wrong or right.
The lines "I want you to stay here", or "But I can't just runaway" seem to suggest that the butterfly is aware of which decision to make, but cannot apprise the person of the truth or else it will be going against fate. The Butterfly states that the person can neither abandon destiny, nor leave the butterfly behind.
The Butterfly waits for the person to make their choice. It can be interpreted that the Butterfly is eagerly awaiting for the choice to be made (due to the frequent questions being posed to the person), fueled by its desire to fly.
At the end, the Butterfly warns the person that the Butterfly might be dangerous, and ends its song with asking the person to cause ripples (or changes) in the Universe.