Dodging Bugs

I almost stepped on a bug today

There it was

Just creeping across the road

Dodging the rocks

Minding its own business

And I almost

Almost

Altered my step so I could

Squash it!

Yeah!!!!!

Why?

Just because I could

Just because there is a part of me that loves power

And loves exerting that power

On something, someone, who is smaller, more vulnerable

Ah, we are indeed bent

With original blessing gone

That we would so use power and strength

To diminish and destroy

Rather than protect and lift up

But I didn’t

For some reason it became not just an ugly bug

But a living thing

Worthy of respect

And so I walked on by

Leaving it to fly again in the night

Swooping in the light

Entertainment for my cat