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The Butterfly Project

December 12, 2012
By ssamqua BRONZE, Topeka, Kansas
ssamqua BRONZE, Topeka, Kansas
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Favorite Quote:
I'd just throw it away, like I did my life.


As the scares faded,
So did the butterflies.
First from her stomach,
Then from her arms.

She dreamt of the butterflies,
Flying away.
Free to live as they pleased.
Careless

The beauty and simplicity of nature was baffling.
Like all order could be restored.
Balance was natural.
When was her order to be restored?

Left with scars and a drop of hope,
She made a wish for everlasting love.
Not only from another,
But from herself.


The author's comments:
The butterfly project is something to help people quit self-harming. When originally written the poem was a visual response to a drawing of a girls arms gradually turning into butterflies.

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