Oh, this is thought-provoking. I like that. I never really thought about it this way (being a big fan of butterflies myself), but I definitely see where you're coming from. My favorite lines were "to burn yet not/ to burn out".

I suggest that you change the word "menace" in the first stanza to somethinge else, though, because being nothing but "lovely" does not make a butterfly a menace. "Worse" might fit better logically, but it wouldn't be as poetic, I know.

I also wonder why you began the second stanza with "Pull yourself through" because I didn't really understand what that had to do with the rest of the stanza. I'm probably just missing something, but I thought I'd point it out.

Anyway, great job with the poem!

~Daughter of the Faeries