PUZZLE PIECE 24
ESME AND THE BUTTERFLIES
Butterfly project,
Hope lives in simple brushstrokes,
Art conjures healing,
Fly away, love—but stay close,
Love yourself to live again.
Esme stood up, stretching. She walked to the front of the mirror and peered beyond the glass. Her eyes were heavy, and black shadows crowded under them. She opened her eyes wide when she saw her imaginary friend, her perfect reflection with a sunflower in her hair, and twinkling light sparkling like radiant sunbeams from her eyes.
“Hi Sunflower me, you’re back, you disappeared for so long. I thought you’d deserted me. Where’ve you been? Amelina’s driving me mad. She’s muttering on about Jade and what danger she has been in. How she’s changed. How Jade’s fallen under the spell of Ryder’s influence and how she
