<p><br></p><p><br></p><p>I didn't understand what it meant, when the grown ups said;</p><p>“Love feels like butterflies instead.”</p><p>Until I felt it, until I fell,</p><p>Until it happened to me, literally, I must tell.</p><p><br></p><p>The feeling I thought would be a farce, </p><p>A dream, a thought;</p><p>Turned out to be more than that,</p><p>It was real, an experience for one,</p><p>For all;</p><p>I shall try to tell, what I felt</p><p>Pardon me, if it's bad,but lend me your imaginations and think!</p><p><br></p><p>Think!</p><p><br></p><p>A thousand butterflies erupting from your stomach,</p><p>Until they're held captive by the cages of your ribs</p><p>Flapping their fragile wings trying to break free</p><p>Until! Wait, some did and you felt your heart flutter by the sound of his name.</p><p><br></p><p>His smile made those butterflies, the one that escaped to your heart</p><p>His smile made them try to be free, </p><p>Their fight for freedom, made your heart skip a beat.</p><p>A feeling so strange to you, it felt surreal.</p><p><br></p><p>You wanted more of that feeling </p><p>But those butterflies in you wanted to be free;</p><p>So struggle they did </p><p>Until, they left the heart</p><p>In their journey upward, they got to your mouth.</p><p><br></p><p>Biding their time, till you felt ready</p><p>Their wings hummed, while your feelings grew steady.</p><p>You got confidence and courage from your love.</p><p>And your lover made you feel safer, even more than ever.</p><p><br></p><p>Finally, you couldn't keep it in,</p><p>You said it, the words that made you question everything; </p><p>Those words you've thought before;</p><p>The very ones that made the butterflies live,</p><p>Three words, but very deserving, your Romeo got from you.</p><p><br></p><p>“I love you,” you uttered and you felt a shudder,</p><p>The butterflies finally grew their wings and flew,</p><p>Away from your essence, yet they came from you;</p><p>To exist through love, a being so fragile, so pure,</p><p>A being birthed only when love was true.</p><p><br></p><p>I was sitting in the garden, studying for school </p><p>When I overheard two butterflies, I think they escaped from one of you;</p><p>As they flew ahead, the first one said;</p><p>"Why did she take so long to tell him?</p><p>She took too long to set us free"</p><p>“She's loved him from the day their eyes met</p><p>She's loved him ever since.”</p><p><br></p><p>I had butterflies in my tummy, </p><p>And maybe you do too.</p><p>So confess your feelings to him, to her;</p><p>To your lover, to your spouse;</p><p>To your crush, with your heart,</p><p>Let it out, let it out,</p><p>Confess that love already.</p><p>There are living creatures in you,</p><p>Please set those butterflies free.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>