I see beauty from afar, <br />Never comes close enough. <br />Always linked to another, <br />Inextricably woven. <br /> <br />I am a butterfly without wings, <br />Robbed of its prowess, <br />Its colour withers, <br />Fades to grey. <br /> <br />I could look within, <br />Summon reservoirs of will, <br />Commit myself to change, <br />A resolution for revolution. <br /> <br />Show passion for self, <br />For once in a lifetime, <br />Though again I'm much more likely, <br />To take the easy way out.<br /><br />Alan Buckley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/easy-way-out/