Butterfly Heart

I can write my heart

into a butterfly
I can

You see
the greatest journey of all
is undertaken by the
monarch butterfly
it flies across the longitudes
in search for that one place
a journey so long
for a creature so small

A heart in a way
is like a butterfly
it waits upon so many hours
until it has found another one
to hold on to
but not every time
it will find the one
it wants
and even if it finds
time and space
will always
come in-between

You see
in my heart
you may be mine forever
but in your heart
I’ll even fade from your past

Sometimes
I wish my feelings
have a butterfly-length
lifespan