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Wish I Were a Butterfly

September 4, 2012
By Fender.girl1993 SILVER, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain" ~ Emily Dickinson

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Sometimes I wish I were,
a butterfly-
Beautiful and feminine and dainty,
to the eye-
Free to flutter on a summer's breeze,
free to fly-
To escape and flee from those who hurt,
just myself and I-
And sail the wind to peace and rest,
to paradise.

© Belinda M., Biddeford, ME

The author's comments:
Nearly all my poetry is written in a standard four-line, evenly metric, almost musical verse. This was my first experiment with anything different. I sort of like the imperfection in this piece.
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