Title: Butterfly
Author: Esme
Date: ??
Category: ??
Disclaimer: Hardly needs one since no names are used. But the characters do belong to Water Rats, Southern Star, Hal McElroy, etc.
Author's notes: This is certainly not my first attempt at poetry, but it's my first attempt at fanfic poetry. It's what my creative writing teacher would call 'free verse'. So it's deliberately got no punctuation so that it can be interpreted in any way you want. You should be able to work out which tear-jerking event it refers to, even though I swear that it never happened. This brought tears to my eyes when I just read it over, but I'm a very emotional person. I'd like to think that you need tissues.
Dedication: I've just recently decided to start dedicating my fics, so this one is dedicated to Rachael - coz she writes amazing fics and beautiful poetry. And it was because of her stories that I became addicted to fanfic.
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Butterfly
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Her face is etched
With pain
And as he holds her
Her strength is slowly draining
She is a butterfly
Beautiful
Fragile and delicate
Yet strong and sure
And like a butterfly
Her minutes are numbered
As her life bleeds into oblivion
Her spirit begins to soar
And in the shadows
She reaches out
As she sees her soulmate
She abandons her beloved
Leaving in him
A broken heart
He pleads with her
To live
She pleads with him
To let go
He trembles as her body
Gives a final shudder
Her eyes flutter once more
And her soul flits away
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