Butterfly

Etiquette
Manners
Shake hands now
Use your fork here
Smile
Reply
Nod politely
Speak softly
Send a mail!
Pick up the call!
Elbows off the table!
Cover your mouth when you yawn!
Chew 24 times!
Use your indoor voice
There's so many guidelines!
It takes a lifetime to learn
And then you have to be reborn
To put them to work
But you must follow each one
For your training to be complete
You need to
Memorize
The rulebook to life
Know the rules like you know the back of your hand
But don't build a life out of sticking to them
Life never survived in a rule book
Or under lock and key
Life is free
And unfettered so once in a while
Throw caution to the winds
Get down to living with magic
Watch the shackles drop off and feel the multicolored light take you over
Lift you beyond the boundaries of your guidelines
Watch the myth of your existence come to life
Fly
Watch what happens in the now
Right now
Nobody has a doubt
That you know your rules.
But once in a while
Forget them.