Poetry Reading: Lament for a Monarch Butterfly, by Leslie Rwigyema
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1m 7s
Performed by Val Cole
POEM:
i love you.
your orange hues amaze me.
Please. Don’t die.
i adore you.
God blessed you with speckles
of white in the rim of your wings.
Please. Don’t go.
Even though I laid eyes on you
for a mere second,
I was hypnotized by your beauty.
All butterflies are unique —
but you, darling, stand out amongst them all.
There will never be another like you.
Which is why
I would even beg to God,
who decides to give and take away,
to keep you for a little longer.
The ones who haven’t been born
need to see how beautiful you are.
So please…
I love you.
I adore you.
Please. Don’t die.
Please. Don’t go.
— Leslie Rwigyema
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