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Flight and DreamPoem by Mauricio EspinozaIllustration by Jordan EspinozaAn airplanea kitea butterflysoar above my daughter’s headas she runs around the garden of autumns and leaves.She lost sight of the distant plane.She let go of the kite’s rope.She only wants to chase the butterfly that always flutters justinches from her hands.Later, as the sun sets and the air turns cold,she looks at the garden through her windowand recalls the memoryof a planea kitea butterflysoaring in perfect synchrony,one higher than the other,but always higher than the highest effort of her tiny hands.An airplanea kitea butterflywill visit my daughter’s dreams tonight.In the twilight she will seek them with her hands,she will soar with thembeyond the autumns and the leaves,as she dreams the dream of a girlwho wanted to be a butterfly.© 2013 Jordan Espinoza, "Flight and Dream"