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Touch of a Butterfly
Sitting at the foot of the stairs
Captive of your thoughts
Prisoner of your emotions
I watch you from above
Your neck inclined
Untroubled by your hair
Free to share its beauty
To all alert enough to see
A kiss, a flutter of a slight wing
A modest light touch
Brings pure solace to your face
Your gaze searches and
...Tuesday 9th June 2020 6:28 pm
The Human Effect
The last butterfly
flutters its wings,
drives the waves
on the other side
of a distant ocean,
then, deletes itself
from the existence
it fleetingly owns.
We watch until
the sun disappears
over the horizon,
and the butterfly dies.
Monday 4th November 2019 1:28 pm
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