Butterfly Freedom Poems

Summer Dream
Note: This is Ms Huang's first poem and English is a second language, so helpful comments are welcomed and encouraged.
(This was a collaboration in...

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She is a Pacific ocean 
Tranquil from outside
tumultuous from with in
 
         Shallow it seems from the...

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I am the queen of beauty the common butterfly, 
I spread my wings and flap away among the trees I fly.

My wings exhibit colours of...

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Where's the pink-footed goose that evil-minded Warde
tried to catch? Didn't the bird follow his shrieking horde?
He was parched on the white oak over the small...

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Written: March 10, 2023
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A butterfly yearns to escape my heart,
But...

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I saw a butterfly in the sky
     from a memory a tear came to my eye
     ...

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Freshly liberated from an overgrown bushy trail,
I saw myself skimming waist-deep in Lavender,
Sentries to the rear, Hollyhocks, and Foxgloves,
Bougainvillea to the left and, to the...

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I am waiting here patiently under this canopy 

For thee with flaming heart and a sunlit soul 

 And the courage that never grows old...

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Dear Enemy, 
I will wish you well and set you free. 
Your words and knife, 
will no longer hurt me. 
Too bad it all had...

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I'm an emerald
echo of earth's
caterpillar, a
camouflaging
hiatus of muse
midst karmic rainstorms.
Enslaved to jealous
stars flaming within 
infernal wings,
I yearn to spellbind
sacred heaven's throne, 
chasing subconscious 
liberty in...

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free  
brings one  
peaceful life  
sleep good tonight  
dream  

...

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"dancing with butterflies"

as day breaks with promises
butterflies gracefully shadow me
causing me to be a ballerina
dancing effortlessly by the sea
everlasting is this moment of light
forever engraved...

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Did you even want to be found?
I took my shackles off and formed a search and rescue team 
But did you even want to be...

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Cocooned no longer
beauty and strength astounding
freedom worth the wait....

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Cocooned no longer
delicate yet stronger
your beauty will astound
as you fly above the ground
Surrendering to fate
freedom worth the wait....

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