Black Backwards Butterfly

Backwards…she smiles as she writes on the last page of the red notebook she was given. Just like she reads the newspaper backwards from end to beginning.

It is how she takes on the outside world, backwards!

“Black Butterfly you are heading the wrong way.” They say to her. She smiles she knows exacctly where she is going -as she spreads her newly hatched damp wings.

She thinks to herself – “Just a little longer and my wings will fully be prepared for flight. They called me Black Butterfly! They are colorblind.  Can they not see my glistening red, yellow, blue and white markings?”

“Who is Backwards? Who is Free to fly? They really are colorblind, they are blind!

It is they who are shackled to the ground by worldly possessions and all the trappings that surely pass away and crumble to dust! They are not  free!”

The Black Backwards Butterfly may go in any direction now. North to the clear crisp cold her creator made, for its harsh beauty, to those who appreciate it.

South into the hot blistering desert for those who can find its true beauty and who are strong enough to receive her scouring heat.

Black Backwards Butterfly is free to head East to the majestic mountain tops!

She has the strength now to fly as high as the tallest peaks, her creator made for those to enjoy the solitude, soaking up the wisdom of the ages.

Black backward Butterfly is smiling. She knows she is free to head West passing over the ageless treetops, the creator made. Listening to their cumulative hushed voices each distinct; each filling her with truth eternal!

Onward over the treacherous salty sea to say Hello to her friends she never knew she had…turtle, whale and bear- They know her truly- by name.

Black Backwards Butterfly sees in the sky the most amazing sight the creator has ever made! She feels her heart pounding, tears streaming down her beautiful powerful & wise face. Tears of Joy!

It is the awesome Eagle, Black Backwards Butterfly dreamed about while in her cocoon. She instantly recognizes THIS Eagle! He calls -though he is far, far away. She know and understands his beautiful, strong & wise voice…she is being beckoned onward to her Eagle.

Black Backwards Butterfly smiles, she know she has transformed! She knows now she is truly free, strong & wise.

Her wings are no longer those of a butterfly. They are now wings covered with beautiful feathers.

She is no longer Black Backward Butterfly, never has been. She is an Eagle!

She soars closer and closer to the beckoning Eagle she instinctively knows is her companion for as long as she lives and forever beyond…she smiles!