This poem was originally written for the upcoming novelette that I am working on, tentatively titled, “Witches of Cato.” In one of the key scenes, she bursts into a captivating spell that changes everything.
She Bursts
Like an overripe cocoon,
She burst into beauty,
fluttering everywhere at once,
with every butterfly connected
by one mind of thought.
She moves around the field
like a murmuration of birds,
turning and diving
with exact precision.
No milliseconds can be wasted
on this live painting.
my eyes catch it all
with clarity to be etched into
one's mind for callback.
The fall weather hues captured in their entirety -
browns, hazy oranges, green depths,
mixed with reds and darkness.
They fluttered away until she was gone.
Just as she had entered the peripheral,
she had exited with effervescence.
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