A Childhood Memory

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I knelt down the meadow, opening up my palms, inviting a butterfly onto my hands. I saw it from afar. From daisies to daisies it had lept, still thirsty for more. Ficlke, quick, yet a delicate flutter of yellow and mild brown.

The butterfly paused, contemplating perhaps, and gently rested on my outstretched palms. Trusting me.

Overjoyed, I had lept, the little girl I was, only for the butterfly to leave me, never to be seen again, but, still I do see him in my dreams.

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