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The Butterfly Monologue

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The butterfly darted hither and thither outside the window of the psychiatric hospital. Just beyond reach. Always beyond reach. Its crystalline iridescent wings shining in the mornings rays, myriad shades of purple. Looking at it brought the familiar pangs of hopelessness to Nyla’s chest, she felt the subtle escape of air from her lungs which caused a throbbing pain there, the pain ebbed and weaned but never truly dissipated. She felt this pain each time she saw the butterfly. Locked away in this place. Unable to reach it. It now came to her every day. Taunting her like some sick nightmare.
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