Today I am a Goddess
This morning the coffee tasted of sunshine and vanilla
I bought yellow tulips out of season
And I'm going to love them anyway
I gave myself a break
A wee time to not ponder
Still it creeps like ivy on a wrought iron cage
Knowing that at some point it will flutter
And fly away again

But today I could be a mermaid
Swim with the fishes and ride turtle backs
Swoosh
Wet hair dripping on hot sand
So tricky to just let it be
To take the risk of plunging off this imaginary tightrope
That is so trying to walk upon
Tiptoe quietly

I grasp it upside down with monkey toes and hang on
Maybe to swing, to fly and twist
Damn it
This is when I feel free
Is it enough to have just one foot touching the wire?

Would you rather be a caterpillar or a butterfly?
Butterflies are so lovely and free
While the caterpillar is kind of ugly and hunted
The safety then is in the cocoon
Warm, velvety soft and self contained
Huh