if it was as if the butterfly
had just landed, no –lifted in flight.
or the breath of it
just touched the branch
as if begging for (information), help
in a sense of the word
as it twirls in d lite
stammering for words to–
understand some opaque object
or a shadow of what is comprehensible
to the dreamer, startled by the reality
of the dream, if it was so
just going into the chrysalis
—as dead or sleeping
with the enemy inside
stuck for a term,
to be rounded at the edges
polished as the iridescent gem
hanging in expectation
this really happened - you thought
that was a dream, i dreamed that??
what is reality??
what does come after the butterfly