Burning Butterflies
Well, your outlook was shattered; when
you fight, it's so easy and natural, but when
it's simple between you two, it's
complicated within just you.
You're burning up inside.
Actually talking is ... different, somehow
too much. Yet you refuse to see
the flutt'ry sensation beneath
is need.
You catch a scowl but can only see those
butterflies behind his eyes, imagine
wings of crystalline caress his skull.
Pained, beautiful, imperfect - you crack.
He has what you have, but you've had what he's had.
Oh, possibility; you war against delusion.
You can't breathe.
[A/N] third to last line: I love it, think it's brilliant, and feel so obliged as to make sense of it for you. After mentions of the other having butterflies, "He has what you have" could essentially be saying, "You have butterflies," and you can interpret the rest as you wish. Or: "He has what you have" is referring to them being of the same gender and/or having the same genes, while "but you've had what he's had" could be referring to the fact that they've both had girlfriends; "Sure, you're both guys, and he may seem 'straight,' having had girlfriends, but you're 'gay' and have had girlfriends, so-" Although that's pretty longwinded, and simply not as awesome.