Junkyard Queen with butterfly dreams

Born with rusty spikes, not silver spoons

She tried to blend

            stray cats and drifters, her friends

She rarely saw wings among all the rusty things
one tender sighting was all she needed to set her mind dreaming

for years, she drew its lifted likeness on dusty hoods and layered dirt
never imagining that just beyond the broken-down fringes

            where decaying metal was no longer recognizable,
            where the sun reflecting from cracked windows had faded and singed
            all the glory of what had once been

existed an open field, with no gatekeepers or fences
where flowers grew as they pleased, wildly

where butterflies danced in dozens, ready to welcome her home

Thanks for stopping by. Warm regards and best wishes. Michele

featured photo of woman in junkyard by Viktoriia Pankratova / my butterfly photos taken in Ohio

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