Challenge
Butterfly Effect
The butterfly effect says that the flapping of a butterfly's wings can lead to a storm weeks later. In what instance(s) have you seen the butterfly effect in your life? What was a seemingly small event/choice that had a much greater impact down the road?
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A Birthmark
the butterfly
affects the heart
I take my imagination
open
to flights
and it flutters
and falls
into the open
venue of ozone
where it might
spark
or
go mussing,
in contrast
like red madder
on cerulean does
when not mixed
in the brush
I make stuff up
I believe it
like a fool
till seen
in the mirror
objective,
where a stranger
finds
no need
for courage---
in obvious state
to say
--Look!
there's brown
smudged
on
your face--
And I know,
know
with pain
everything
is joyfully
missed
as I lift
a timid finger
to the winged
shape
and grin
lightly
to touch
the impermanent
permeance of
our mixed
perceptions