I was thinking of complexity and
chaos theory when I wrote it


Beware of Sneezing Butterflies

Have you ever felt so connected?
To the world around you –
That a sneezing butterfly,
Could suddenly displace you?

One ripple on the wind,
An undercurrent in the air,
Causing cataclysmic slides,
Send you into despair.

How or why you do not understand,
A second ago,
You were in some faraway land.

But sneezing butterflies do more than that:
After anxious moments,
Of flittering about,
They light on trees and leaves and things,
Bringing color and wonder to everything.

So maybe they are not that bad,
And a little hysteria is just a fad.

But then again,
Beware my friend,
Of sneezing butterflies!