The Butterflies Are Doing Ok

They said

To write to you

They would send it today

And you would get it

Though you’re quite far away

I don’t know what exactly that

I want to say…

Um

The butterflies are doing ok.

 

They said

To write to you

They would send it today

And you would get it

Though you’re quite far away

I don’t know what exactly that

I want to say…

Um

The butterflies are doing ok.

 

The storms are breaking

I’ve seen the sky twice

When the rain isn’t burning

It’s really quite nice

There are a few places

Where our children play

And 

The butterflies are doing ok

 

I miss the blue lightning

A little sometimes

Though I know that 

I shouldn’t but

I do

I watch the grey brightening

a little more each day

But still, I wish…

I could

have gone too

 

They said

To write to you

They would send it today

And you would get it

Though you’re quite far away

I don’t know what exactly 

That I want to say…

Um

The butterflies are doing ok.

 

The sea crops are in bloom

The algae’s growing too

Oh, and we crossed over

Salt lakes in a balloon! 

And the quietness at night

I cannot convey.

And

The butterflies are doing ok. 

 

Mom got a greenhouse

And I’m tending to the fish.

There’s no shortage of salt

Everything’s tasty-ish.

It’s gotten much better

Since you went away

And

The butterflies are doing ok

 

When you get this letter

I guess we’ll be gone

Maybe you’ll have a home though

With plants and a big lawn

Oh, I guess my bandwidth’s short

And I’m done for the day

But

The butterflies are doing ok.