low fly butterfly

nix isn't leaving, after all! yay!

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when i got into the Exchange, i realized that i haven't been commiting myself to writing for some time now. and it's sad in a way, because it has been the fuel that kept me burning for the longest time. and now that my time is being consumed by work, there seems to be lesser time to the things that used to be the most important things for me. i realized also that i haven't updated any of the fictions i published some months back, and i haven't gotten any rantings from any of my readers. when, i checked, the last time i updated was last march. no wonder. they have probably gotten tired of pestering me. when i met up with chulie last sunday, we talked about our updates for a while. the thing about her is she already finished two and has made a graceful exit by asking another author to finish her fiction. i could do that. but i don't want to. it's like selling your own pets for someone else to raise. and that's why i'm not a very good businessman. i get too attached with my subjects. so i decided that i have to continue them if only to finish what i started. most of my readers have grown up since they started reading it two years ago. see? it has been two years! so i resolved to finish it. i only hope i don't truly procrastinate.

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pretty low fly butterfly
your ardent colors make me cry
your graceful dance is all it takes
to make the million
sleepers wake
you fly not more than above the ground
though you aim for the silver-lined cloud
from the coccoon
that sheltered you well
you went and discovered the world beyond
your shell
but with painstaking stains of greed
that
cloths your pretty wings you feed
earth beneath the wind you
fly
and grime upon the form you buy
don't dance your
naked soul to greed
for you don't fly a rightful lead
don't let your need be more than most
and end up claiming
all empty boast
it's when you reach what you can that you're
high
it's when a low fly butterfly reaches the sky

+11 april 2004
+19:23