Butterfly

S.W. France, 27 February 2019

I rescued a butterfly

trapped behind glass

cobweb-ligatures

like chains were unclasped

in crafted chaos

of an old plank shed.

Door kicked wide open

daylight burned my eye

cupped hands unfolding

he climbed to the sky

freedom unsurpassed

for me and for him.

Big things empirically

at the last

in small things are hid.