“Butterflies”: A beautiful poem (and painting!) by Donna Williams
Thursday, November 26th, 2009Filed under: Regular Contributors, Donna Williams, Themes, Auties & Aspies
By now, you all know Donna Williams. Here’s a poem called “Butterflies” that Donna wrote recently.
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if someone takes your disabilities and makes them your
gilded cage
then you take charge of your disabilities like never before
for they are your fallibility, the keys to your cage
a key you allowed someone else to call theirs
because they taught you this was love and caring
and in the light of day you realise it had nothing to do
with you
so you look in the mirror and say, wow, there’s a fool
and brush off the dust and say, ok, so the world is full of
fools so I’m in good company
and you look at your life and say, wow, there’s an island
but islands can build bridges
and you look at your smile and say
wow, I’d forgotten I could wake up with this
and you look at your time and say
you ain’t Florence Nightingale, so follow that smile
because a heart shouldn’t be heavy
it should be light
because a heavy heart will never fly
and butterflies can.
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Jane Goetzee is an artist based in the UK. She holds first and Masters degrees in Fine Art at the University of Staffordshire and has worked for many years as a community artist. She writes poetry, makes short films and soundscapes, most of which focus on issues of identity, stereotyping, and representation. As a 
