The Dog and the Butterfly Moral
not happening she said with a sniff
the world is cruel and I give up
the old man patted the park bench
never stop trying he told her
trying is dying
the world is crashing she said
I may as well give up and be dead
she scrambled away from the weird old man
her secret place called from the high oak
but she could hear him whispering
his whispers disturbed her voice of confusion
begging to be free, she turned her back
but her ears heard the dog and the butterfly tale
up in the air she wanted to fly, not down in the dirt
she truly did not want to die
the dog has to try, the old man said
you cannot give up until you are dead
We are balanced as the ocean, the moon and the sky
You have to try! You have to try!
She jumped from the tree
and she began to fly
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2020
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