Patches of sunlight danced on her feet and on the pavement she stood on as the branches above her swayed with the summer breeze. She looks up and sees a brown butterfly hover closely above her, its paper-like wings glinting with the jagged rays emanating from the tiny spaces between the camachile leaves above them. She holds her hand up and watches it perch momentarily on her rosy little fingers before it flutters off towards the black sedan across the street, towards the man standing by the door of the passenger seat. Slowly, the man turns around and he looks back at her with eyes like her own.
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Iron Man
He traces his fingers on the ruddy cheeks of the young girl in the photo he was holding. Her long, wavy hair was adorned with a crown of angels breath as she smiled proudly in her white, holy communion dress. Tears filled his eyes as he watched her gaze back with eyes like his own.
He looks out the window and sees the playground across the street, scouring the lonely landscape of empty wooden swings and iron see-saws with its chipping orange and yellow paint. He remembers his last afternoon under the shade of the camachile trees.
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"Papa! Look!"
She grins ecstatically as she points up her rosy little finger to the brown insect with paper-like wings hovering above them under the shade of the camachile trees. "Mama paid us a visit!" She looks up at him with a toothy smile. He chuckles and gives her a peck on her forehead. "Hay nako anak.", He sighs, seeing his eyes in his wife's heart-shaped face looking back at him. She turned her gaze back on the brown butterfly that was headed towards the wooden swings and the see-saws. She quickly puts on her yellow flip flops and runs after it.
He neatly folds the red and white picnic spread and follows the giggling child trailing behind the brown butterfly.
She runs past the wooden swings and the iron see-saws, skipping as high as she could to reach the tips of its brown, freckled wings. "Mama, wait for me!" She calls on as she follows it to the middle of the road, oblivious of the speeding car fast approaching towards her.
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"Ikaw na ho bahala sa bahay."
He gives his keys to the house to a stout old lady with greying hair tied up in a loose bun. After giving her a hug and a peck on the cheek, he signals to the driver inside the black sedan and runs towards the passenger seat.
As he reaches for the cold, black handle of the door, something made him want to turn around. Underneath the shade of the camachile tree across the street, he sees a brown butterfly. Its freckled, paper-like wings glinted in the jagged rays of sunlight emanating from the spaces between the leaves.
Flutter (A Short Story) Amelia Lily - You Bring Me Joy Tube. Duration : 3.83 Mins.Rating: 4.6167617
'You Bring Me Joy', is out on September 2nd, pre-order from iTunes now: smarturl.it Stay up to date with the latest Amelia news here: Official Site: www.amelialily.com Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: www.twitter.com Music video by Amelia Lily performing You Bring Me Joy. (C) 2012 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
Keywords: Amelia, Lily, You, Bring, Me, Joy, Xenomania, Pop
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