Best Natural Disastersschool Poems


Butterflies

Flying, 
Beautiful, 
Terrifying creatures. 

As a young girl, 
I went to a butterfly museum
on a school field trip. 

I'll never forget that day
these colorful, fragile 
little things with wings
were flying in the open
air as I entered the spacious
place. 

Cages were forbidden
They were free
They could rest
and perch anywhere they pleased.
They didn't have a care in
the world. 

A few of them landed on my
shoulder, my chest, and my
arms, and I panicked. 

My cousin was there and
she laughed and pointed
as I flailed and screamed
doing anything to get these
terrifying little beauties 
off of me. 

It worked. 
Frightened, they fluttered away
only to land on someone else
and, me, I dodged every other
one of those monsters that
came my way. 

After it all ended, and we were
loading back on the school bus,
I was relieved that those harmless
little beasts weren't anywhere near
me anymore. 

Those Flying
Terrifyingly
Beautiful 
Creatures.

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