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Temple
she built a temple
around the butterfly
in the garden, it
hovered in the
vestibule, casting
shadows and
pushing small
bursts of air
like tiny gems
into the light
by day a monarch,
by night a luna moth,
troubled but
beautiful
she built a wall
to keep out
intruders
then she turned
her proboscis
upon herself,
taking all
that is sweet
from the
inside out
anything regal,
anything beautiful
anything that
remained,
stilled,
forever stuck
in her throat
— Written by Wyeth
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Lovely! <3
Enjoyed reading it!
Beautiful!
Gorgeous Poem! I love it-
what a beautiful poem. I can just picture the little butterfly throughout the poem and then you get a surprise at the end! 🙂 well written.