With the Subtlety of Butterflies
Your slightest gestures
register.
Each breath lends pressure
in the winds
impelling change
with unseen forces
one might figure to dismiss
believing nothing
comes of it
when
in fact
you've moved the world.
With the Subtlety of Butterflies © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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Image (person moving hand through air, stirring streams of light all about) inspiration challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2773971-Pen-to-Picture-Contest-
Poem partly inspired by the concept of the Butterfly Effect:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
Submitted: March 8, 2021