Cruelty Poem by Sebastian Soberania

child,

you pulled the head from the tail
of a dragonfly
to see how its lungs look like
it simply looks like a thin film
a tiny bag of cellophane

you pulled the petals of a rose
to let your mother know that you know
how to count
from one to one hundred
you wasted a lot of roses from
the garden

you remove the wings of a butterfly
to see what happens
when it is stripped of its beautiful wings

child

who ever taught you of this cruelty?
do you understand why?