i saved a moth today. it was a big moth. a huge one. the kind you see in 'national geographic' with the spots on their wings that look like eyes. he had gotten himself stuck in the grate outside the office. he was covered in dust and couldn't move much. i stood over him wondering what to do. then geoff walked by and i asked him if he would help me. he came over and lifted the grate while i used his library book and blue ink pen to lift the dusty moth out into the open. when i looked at him face to face i could see he was dying.
geoff, i think he's dying.
i pulled some of the dirt and weeds away from him and decided to put him somewhere pretty. i carried him to the yellow flowers around the parking lot and put him underneath them. when i walked back i gave geoff his library book and his blue ink pen and geoff said,
thank you for being human annie.
and then he walked away.
i've saved a turtle from the middle of a busy street. i've rescued baby birds who fell out of their trees. and today i tried to save a moth. i never knew why it was so important to me to try and save these little lives. maybe because i've never been able to save a big life. but now i wonder if maybe it was because it was making me human. and i'm tired of forgetting that i'm human.
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How do you know those things haven't saved big lives? Remember the story of a butterfly wing and everything set into motion by its little puff of wind? I've always liked that story...
Hi Annie - Love the new picture. Isn't there a story about a ragged man that asks various people for help and he finally meets a woman who invites him to share a meager meal and in the end we learn that it was Christ that she was entertaining. (badly told, but can't remember it exactly - only the punch line)Anyway, you get the message.... Keep being "human" darling. Love
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