Butterfly Effect

Is the butterfly beautiful
Because its beating wings
Are the first domino falling in the chain
Of a mighty Pacific storm

Or for what it is,
At the moment the sun
Catches its wings,
drifting languidly
In the afternoon breeze?

-Excerpt from “When I Die,” In Sunshine or in Shadow: Poems for Every Season

More by Matthew Flaherty:

https://sfcpoets.com/2022/07/18/on-leaving-the-country/

https://geni.us/InSunshine

Modern poetry inspired by nature

https://allpoetry.com/poems/about/wildlife

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