Soy Una Mariposa

Silence screams in my ears,1

Echoing in the depths of my mind,2

Forever plaguing my thoughts,3

Taunting my fears.4

Will I be lost in this valley of darkness for all eternity?5

Will I be cursed to relive the horror and pain of my life in a time-loop?6

But here you are,7

And you convince me: Madness is just another, dirty word.8

I am not insane. I am not to repeat my life; I am forever changed and I am yours.9

The silence is filled with a sound unexplainable,10

A sound that really has no sound to it at all, but that sound is nothing at all like the lingering silence,11

The silence that enveloped me, suffocating my soul and my freedom.12

The silence was what kept me from soaring like Las Mariposas.13

But now I have changed from a caterpillar to a butterfly; soy una mariposa.14

And this butterfly will not be dragged down; my wings will not be clipped.15

My fears have been replaced by strength, the strength to keep pushing,16

Even when the jar I’m caged in seems so small. I know that I will be free again17

Because you gave me wings.18

And with these wings I will fly, for your name’s sake, not mine. And with these wings I will remember19

Every day that you are with me;20

I will remember that you are the one who deserves my love, and I will praise you21

Because you gave me wings.