I saw a butterfly today <br />Flitting its majestic wings <br />Which so entranced me yet <br /> <br />As I grasped for it <br />It took for the shards <br /> <br />As I sat in the mixture of blue and yellow <br />I wondered <br />Why is the butterfly so beautiful? <br />Who gave it God ordained superiority over I? <br /> <br />Am I so ugly an insect <br />And it so great a man <br />That it is appalled and frightened by my touch? <br /> <br />I hesitated a moment <br />Letting my green skin shine true <br />I waited for hours <br /> <br />Then <br />Out of the grass <br />Flew the beauty <br />I the beast <br /> <br />I resisted my self doubt <br />I fancied flies no more <br />I unleashed my tongue… <br /> <br /> <br />I killed the bastard <br /> <br />Damn bugs.<br /><br />Robert Nabryn Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/beauty-and-i-the-beast/
