Post by Harklight on Jun 30, 2009 1:44:37 GMT -5
One Generation’s Leap
I saw her fascination in the caterpillar
as it quietly crawled across the floor.
Enthralled by her, then breaking the spell,
I suggested it was safer out, than inside.
Collecting it gently into her little hand
so that all of the legs remained intact,
she smiled at the tickling on her palm
when she carefully released it outside;
back into unnatural urban wilderness
where it will eat cauliflowers.
Amazed at the influence of my words
on this tiny person – words from me!
This me; who’d shot at fluffy rabbits
and eliminated impending butterflies
that had threatened our food supplies.
This me; who’d once bulldozed trees
and microcosms of precious environs
recklessly, destroying native aviaries,
has also taught her what truly belongs
and now cares for caterpillars.
~~~~~~
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I saw her fascination in the caterpillar
as it quietly crawled across the floor.
Enthralled by her, then breaking the spell,
I suggested it was safer out, than inside.
Collecting it gently into her little hand
so that all of the legs remained intact,
she smiled at the tickling on her palm
when she carefully released it outside;
back into unnatural urban wilderness
where it will eat cauliflowers.
Amazed at the influence of my words
on this tiny person – words from me!
This me; who’d shot at fluffy rabbits
and eliminated impending butterflies
that had threatened our food supplies.
This me; who’d once bulldozed trees
and microcosms of precious environs
recklessly, destroying native aviaries,
has also taught her what truly belongs
and now cares for caterpillars.
~~~~~~
Copyright ©
Party time! Woo Hoo!
