World - The Butterfly Effect Poem by Paul Warren

If you could change the past
How would you do it to make it last
Each step that you take will influence other things
And so unintended consequences will be what it brings

They call it the butterfly effect
And it suggests what you would expect
When a movement of air by a butterfly's wings
Will cause a hurricane in another place as it rings

I wonder what would happen if you were able to kill Hitler
Would there have been a Second World War there
Or would it mean that we fought the Russians instead
As Stalin and the Communist Russians were those to dread

In 1961 could we prevent the assassination of Kennedy there
Would he have escalated the Viet Nam War for us to beware
Of fighting the Communists with China and Russian Armies
And maybe the Third World War would be the end for the Allies

So how can you make a better world for all
By changing the past in making this call
Perhaps it is better to think of a future now
By planning for things as they are for the know how.

© Paul Warren Poetry