Written for: Sunday Muse #79
Silver spaceman I, robot,
cloaked in this suit
to disguise my reality.
Most could not handle
the real me, except
for a fascinated butterfly
insect who attaches
to my helmet and studies
the complex iron bars
behind human normality’s
mask.
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This is a beautiful and wise capturing of the photo Sara! That last line is a powerful one! I love this!
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Thanks, Carrie!
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Now I’m wondering if it’s a person or a robot under that helmet contemplating life.
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I’m afraid you will have to keep wondering.
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Interesting…it does leave me with the question of what the butterfly sees and who the speaker is.
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The speaker is the spaceman. We don’t know everything the butterfly sees.
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A brave butterfly- who knows no fear!
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Well, he can fly quickly!
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Indeed!
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I think the butterfly flutters in wonderment, trying to see what is behind the mask.
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and how much of the inside can he see?
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Right on! We humans do tend to have normality masks, don’t we?
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Thanks, Bev. Some masks don’t work as well as others. Some do not bother with masks.
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Oh, I love this, especially your ending.
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Thanks, Susie!
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Peering into the human psyche.
oh to fly
oh to be
free
as a flutterbee
I like thus Sara.
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I love “flutterbee”!
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