I wonder if butterflies know they’re beautiful? I wonder if they care. We see something so small, complex, and beautiful, and we can’t help but admire the miracle of it. At least some people do.
I can’t imagine wanting to be hateful. I can’t imagine wanting to control every facet of the world. Or to destroy what you can’t control. But there are people walking among us who want just that, and they won’t be satisfied until all things exist under their consent.
Do they see the ugliness in themselves? Do they care? Perhaps we all think ourselves to be good. Perhaps that’s how they justify it. But I can’t stand to see what they are doing to us, regardless of what they see in the mirror.
Paddy Dobson
25th August 2023