For The Critic

(myself included)

 

            do you also question

            the creator’s choice of pattern

            on butterfly wing?

            considering the repugnant larva

            from which it transforms

 

 

            or perhaps

            the form and symmetry

            of spider’s web?

            factoring in what purpose

            it was designed for

 

 

            and what of the Blue Jay

            feeding on both?

            visually

            a most attractive bird

            until its shrill cry

            pierces your morning sleep

 

 

            even the lowly earthworm

            has its place

            loosening the soil

            for plants to flourish

            that we humans admire

            as flowers

            grassy turf to walk upon

            while others we will eat

       

 

            and just as it’s incapable

            of imagining

            creatures such as us

            above the dew line

            neither have we the means

            to visualize

            the true face of God

 

 

            and in this

            imperfection

            carries a beauty all its own

            if only in the promise

           of greater things


               © 2001 Chris Sorrenti