You said that I was your papillion
Exotic and colourful, a kaleidoscope.
Then again sparkling and
Delicate in the sunlight.
You couldn’t understand
That I leave you already.
What you didn’t realize, my love,
Even if everything breaks to pieces
Butterflies cannot be stopped.
© 1989 ~ Sonja Nic Rafferty
(translation 2002)
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Published on e-Stories.org on 11/22/2004.
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