Butterfly is at war with herself and the world. She is stuck between her desire to find beauty in the world and her eagerness to leave the same world. It is the story of a woman stuck between being a little girl and a seductive depressive. It is a race against death to become a butterfly before the chrysalis is crushed. Clever yet provoking, Butterfly is a short story that takes on the psychology of a suicidal, beautiful, intelligent, and artistic woman.