Butterfly

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Do not catch
A butterfly 
With your hands,
Especially not

A white one
Even with its
Ever so slight
Streaks of black.

You might 
Damage its
Delicate wings
And it can

Never fly again.
Catch it, rather,
With a camera
Or even just

Your mind’s eye
Remembering it
Through your own
Metamorphosis

Into a living
Shining being
Clothed in white
Linen like Someone

We all know.

Mila D. Aguilar

Poet Mila D. Aguilar doesn’t have a green thumb, but loves beauty and nature. Since she learned to write for school at the age of six, she has always known only one thing: writing.

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