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Shivani Mehta: The Butterflies

March 30, 2013 by PBQ

You unzip my dress, a curve from the side of my left breast to the top of my hip.  My body is a column of butterflies. One by one they wake from sleep, roused by the light and cool air.  One by one they open their wings, responding to some deep internal pressure, the instinct to be free.  I learn what it means to be in many places at once.

Filed Under: Contributors 86, Issue 86, Poetry, Poetry 86 Tagged With: Contributors 86, Poetry, Poetry 86, Shivani Mehta

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