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Nov 2018 · 362
A former butterfly
Alice Nov 2018
I still remember the day I learned that caterpillars turn into butterflies
I thought it was so beautiful,
so releasing,
brave,
inspiring
Since then they fascinate me

I used to sit on the bench
at the park near my house
and wait
to see how many butterflies
would cross my way

Sometimes, on my way to school
I encountered cocoons
And I mourned that catterpillar,
as I should
But, mainly, I got so excited to know that now it would be able to fly
Because what was dying was that life
And what was borning was freedom

However,
Only now I found out
how much do butterflies live
And they only have two weeks
Fourteen days of freedom

If you think about it
It makes perfect sense
The butterfly is me
I've had my limited acount of liberty
But the thing is
I still remember the day I learned that caterpillars turn into butterflies
But only now, I realise
that butterflies can turn
into caterpillars too
I'm back I guess, caterpillar or not, I guess poetry will have to be my cocoon
Oct 2018 · 4.6k
#EleNão
Alice Oct 2018
Please, may someone save my country?
Save it from the guy that says he would beat up any gay couple he saw kissing
Save it from the guy that says ugly woman don't even deserve to be *****
Save it from the guy that says he approves torture
Save it from the guy that says his son would never date a black woman cause he was raised well
Save it from the guy that says people should be fuzilated
Save it from the guy that says he weakened and for that he had a female child
Save it from the guy that says parents should beat up their kids if they started "acting gay"
Save it from the guy that says it's okay to put rats inside of teen girls' vaginas as a way of punishment
Save it from the guy that says women should be paid less than men
Save it from the guy that says the mistake of the military regime was to torture instead of killing
Above all
Save it from all the people that voted for him
Save it from the 97.290.000 that voted for this man today
Save it, or else I don't what to do
Where to hide
Where to cry
Actually,
Above all
Do not save this country
Just save those people
Those minds capable of agreeing with such terrible things
Save them
And you'll save my country
Save them all, worldwide
And you'll save this planet
Do it otherwise
And we're all dummed
Yeah, let me introduce you to someone worse than Trump. He almost became the president today. Let's only hope he loses the next round of the election.
Much more of a vent than a poem.
God, I can't believe my parents support this guy.
#EleNão #EleNunca
#NotHim #NeverHim

UPDATE: He won. He is the president now. I'm scared.

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