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"He Caught a Butterfly"

Freedom from narcissist treatment and expression of healing through it, and the lessons gained, then, moving on.

By Rachel Elizabeth MarvinPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
"He Caught a Butterfly"
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He caught a butterfly,

Before this time free from the worlds need for control and being within its lines drawn by those who made lines they believed to be true. The lines grew, they grew and grew.

Boxes drawn around the cocoons,

Unleashed into a world uncharted but unprotected she was from the knowledge unknown. She was the metaphor for knowledge is power. We are power, and we are also results. Results of the uncharted power. Humanity is to blame for the pain, but it is only humanity without the knowledge of its own kind. Since the dawn of time we were destined to learn. Mental health is now being learned only from trial and error. From ignorance and negligence but at the same time neglect and not knowing how to undo the done. Civilizations became afraid of change, therefor they changed and wars started. Misunderstandings became the pledges of our nations. Divide is due to pride. Pride due to a soul that has died and formed into the living dead preaching words from a broken soul and a hardened heart. Hurt people, hurt people has never rung more true.

So she a butterfly,

Caught for only as she has been in lives lived once before. Upon the the open shore may she be set free once more. Oh captain oh captain may she be set free, for no burden shall she see. Upon wings that fly for flight, set sail as a dove into starry night.

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