White Butterfly

by Poonam Sankhyan

Published: Jun 3, 2026
Category: Free verse

Travelled so far,
‎ yet still distant.
‎ Bathe in the rain,
‎yet there’s tears.

Did everything,
‎ yet stumbled still.
‎ That dream was too short,
‎ without the wind I flew.

I broke my wings,
‎crossing above a river,
‎ Then it drowns the reality.

‎My wings faded,
‎like how I got thrown from the path
‎ that wasn’t my own.

I don’t have my wings now,
‎so I’m in the middle of nowhere.

  1. Emily Johnson

    Beautifully haunting, traveling so far and yet being in the middle of nowhere. That is the paradox of us are living