<p>Beautiful Butterflies 🦋</p><p><br/></p><p>You entered my life</p><p><br/></p><p>like NEPA after a blackout—</p><p><br/></p><p>sudden, blinding,</p><p><br/></p><p>a flicker of impossible light.</p><p><br/></p><p>It was already dark then,</p><p><br/></p><p> I was stressed, drained,</p><p><br/></p><p>a body running on silence and exhaustion.<img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000138409.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;"/></p><p>How delightful it is,</p><p>to sit </p><p>and watch as the sun goes down </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>You gave me butterflies.</p><p><br/></p><p>I felt them in my tummy 🙃</p><p><br/></p><p>Did I 🤭?</p><p><br/></p><p>We talked for hours.</p><p><br/></p><p>You taught me what love could feel like—</p><p><br/></p><p>letters soaked in care,</p><p><br/></p><p>hands unafraid in public,</p><p><br/></p><p>your laughter a pulse I wanted to memorize.</p><p><br/></p><p>( 📸 Flashback)</p><p><br/></p><p>I believed it.</p><p>I leaned in.</p><p>My chest, a drum,</p><p>my heart a candle flickering in windless rooms.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then,</p><p><br/></p><p>the floor dropped beneath me.</p><p><br/></p><p>Rooftop.</p><p><br/></p><p>One word,</p><p><br/></p><p>a shove,</p><p><br/></p><p>and suddenly the air tasted like metal.</p><p><img src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000163093.jpg"/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Blood in my mouth,</p><p><br/></p><p>skin shredding on concrete,</p><p><br/></p><p>heartbeats hammering against ribs like a panic drum.</p><p><br/></p><p>Eye shut in relief,</p><p><br/></p><p>I thought I died.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe that was the last time I was closing my eyes,</p><p>it felt so good </p><p><br/></p><p>I survived.</p><p><br/></p><p>You did not.</p><p><br/></p><p>(SUICIDE)</p><p><br/></p><p>No warning.</p><p><br/></p><p>No apology.</p><p><br/></p><p>Only absence,</p><p><br/></p><p>leaving me stitched into pieces</p><p><br/></p><p>that refused to go.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Ambulances screamed,</p><p><br/></p><p>therapists whispered through a fog of drugs,</p><p><br/></p><p>my teeth rotted in the bitterness of nights I couldn’t sleep.</p><p><br/></p><p>I became a living echo of pain.</p><p><br/></p><p>Butterflies.</p><p><br/></p><p>Butterflies.</p><p><br/></p><p>I wish I felt them now.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Pain,</p><p>(REPLAY)</p><p>I scream sometimes,</p><p><br/></p><p>hands gripping the last pieces of myself,</p><p><br/></p><p>blood still hot in memory,</p><p><br/></p><p>pulse a jagged knife in my chest.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>I called your phone once—</p><p><br/></p><p>too bad phones are not allowed in the grave.</p><p>(attached)</p><p>silence answered.</p><p><br/></p><p>No voice. No warmth. No remorse.</p><p><br/></p><p>Just the hollow cavity of loss.</p><p><br/></p><p>If I could,</p><p><br/></p><p>I want to see your eyes</p><p>once more.</p><p><br/></p><p>For you too see the dagger you left in </p><p><br/></p><p>my heart </p><p><br/></p><p>So</p><p><br/></p><p>Don't make a felony of love.</p><p><br/></p><p>Don't play the victim.</p><p><br/></p><p>Don't say you love me.</p><p><br/></p><p>After </p><p>Leaving me on the ground to die.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>No closure </p><p><br/></p><p>(Are you even dead?)</p><p><br/></p><p>Or </p><p><br/></p><p>Is it hallucinations </p><p>( the drugs speaking)</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>No warning.</p><p><br/></p><p>No apology.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Only absence,</p><p><br/></p><p>leaving me stitched into pieces</p><p><br/></p><p>that refused to forget.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Ambulances screamed.</p><p><br/></p><p>therapists whispered through a fog of drugs,</p><p><br/></p><p>my teeth rotted in the bitterness of nights I couldn’t sleep.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>I became a living echo of pain.</p><p><br/></p><p>Butterflies.</p><p><br/></p><p>Butterflies.</p><p><br/></p><p>I wish I felt them now.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Scream.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Replay.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Pain.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Hospital smell.</span></p><p><br/></p><p>silence answered.</p><p><br/></p><p> (Pain)</p><p><br/></p><p>Pain killers don't work on me</p><p><br/></p><p>I guess I'm immune</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Butterflies.</p><p>I wish I felt them 🤕</p><p><br/></p><p>Gravity.</p><p>(tummy tight)</p><p><br/></p><p>Heartbeat.</p><p><br/></p><p>The taste of blood.</p><p><br/></p><p>Nothing on my mind.</p><p><br/></p><p>My eyes shutting in relief.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pain.</p><p><br/></p><p>Stitches.</p><p><br/></p><p>Trauma.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>I cannot forget</p><p><br/></p><p>that day.</p><p> (MEMORIES)</p><p><br/></p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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