Butterfly Effect

Here we are in September, and I’m still hanging in there with my post a day challenge. I have written a lot of poetry using different styles since I started in January. I’m not saying it has been great poetry. I’ll admit most of it wouldn’t win any contests. Surprisingly, Word Daddy has stuck with me through the ordeal. He still says he wants a raise. This month I plan to write Soliloquies. These are rambling monologues where the poet has conversations with herself. I believe this will be my biggest challenge since I don’t often talk to myself. I want to put a disclaimer right at the front of the adventure. The views expressed are the inner dialog of the poet. They might be total bs, but they are real. The first poem in this series I will call Butterfly Effect.

Butterfly Effect

There is a storm brewing

The low-pressure sucks oxygen out of the air

I can feel it leave my lungs

As storm clouds gather in the west

A butterfly flutters its wings in Kansas

And starts all the mess

By changing the barometric pressure

Sending a tornado twirling my way.

A small change,

creates a big effect,

Unleashing chaos in my world.

Butterflies shouldn’t flap their wings

and send wind and thunder and flying things.

The storm is coming.

There is nowhere to hide.

Basements are so dark and dreary

No place for the frightened and weary

A noisy plundering

Of precious possessions

Gone in the blink of an eye

Leaving one to wonder why

A butterfly chose to flap her wings.

Who is Molly Shea?

Molly Shea is an accomplished fictional short story writer from Indiana who writes short stories and novels about a fictional town called Tecumseh.  To read more of her short stories and adventures, click here.

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