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Butterfly
Acid tears rain down cheeks
 Unrelenting endless creeks
 Carve a path into the skin
 Crumbling quickly, caving in
 So insane how we persist
 Bleeding yet we still insist
 Unorthodox and beautiful
 Strong but secretly fragile
 Smiling strong and standing tall
 All for one, this one will fall
 Holding steady, holding tight
 Reminds her of that other night
 
 Butterfly in midnight deep
 Can’t fly far and still can’t sleep
 Winging on a summer breeze
 Lost and lonely in the trees
 Forgotten, flowerless and sore
 Butterfly can fly no more
 Saturated, burdened, drowned
 Humming rainfall, world turns round
 Lights upon that finger thin
 To meet two eyes, both sunken in
 Why she cries remains unclear
 And butterflies, they cannot hear
 
 Sorrows told and tears all shed
 Butterfly, its wings stained red
 Girl with heart in pieces still
 Harbors dreams she can’t fulfill
 Night-sky gazes, hand to chin
 Her eyes of crystal sparkling
 Little worries, little fears
 Apologies to broken ears
 By her side, still unaware
 The butterfly is resting there
 He’ll stay too long, his wings in folds
 Show her what tomorrow holds.

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