hey wallflower, it's a jungle out there.
haven't you heard?
they replaced lightning with flashbulbs.
trying to sell a new brand of whimsy.
look at us; sunburnt in our glory.
they'll try their hardest to cage us up.
examining our wings to see how we fly.
merely staring at a shadow won't explain
how it's created.
we'll slip between their fingertips like
grains of sand.
falling as fast as the universe unwinds.
playing tricks on the rules that define us.
we're such dapper chameleons.
with our jewels not of gold,
but of dandelions.
when we're bored, we shall put on new faces
and shed the skin they painted us in.
searching fo