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A Butterfly’s Vulnerability

Scott Hicks

Sunlight reflects off the moon.
The moon can only reflect on things
it has witnessed in darkness.

The earth
carries the weight of our mistakes.

How do I explain this to my children?

Always too little time,
vulnerability dangerously exposed,

the frailty of their place.

Like butterfly’s wings
covered with scales of innocence.

The simple obsession
of a child,
to chase the butterfly.

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