butterfly bruises

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butterfly bruises

blue, black, purple ink

spread across and under the skin

flutter and flicker under the eye

spreading wings across the ribs,

lead down to the hips like a  stream

golden yellow, faded green on the cheek and chin

five little ones float on  the arm kissing the spaces between

on the legs just a tad bit red as autumns fire leafs 

oh! those beautiful butterfly bruises

kiss the lips, the eyes, the noes

these butterfly bruises are our secret alone.

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klassik commented on butterfly bruises

08-05-2009

i love short poems and this is one! i have a poem called butterflies that i am going to post! i would love if you check it out! lovely work, congrats!

Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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