Where Butterflies Perch on Teeth

"...where butterflies perch on teeth..." Bob Dylan, Nobel Acceptance Speech

 

Where Butterflies Perch On Teeth 

 

On this snow quiet morning,

before the new day's dawning,

I finally had the time to review

my watch later file on YouTube.

I wandered through 

recordings of reality,

pixelated digitally.

Clips put aside with the intention

of watching when I could pay attention.

On this snow quiet morning

I fortunately found

deep words captured in sound

spoken by a prophet, a poet

Bob Dylan, a Nobel Laureate.

On this snow quiet morning

Bob Dylan was speaking to me

of nature, of war, and humanity

the power of words, and the story beneath 

where butterflies perch on teeth