The butterfly effect is the idea that tiny things

have a non-linear impact on a complex entity

Imagine, in Brazil a butterfly flaps its wings

Creating a hurricane in a Mexican City

 

I lack the mental capacity and mathematical intellect

To grasp the finer points of the Butterfly Effect

But I do know this, when you walk in the room

My ticker goes shicka-licka, shacka-lacka, Boom!

 

Then when I catch your eye and you slowly blink

Blood flushes my face and I turn lobster pink

Your fluttering lashes, whilst a miniscule action

Trigger a catastrophic, cataclysmic reaction

 

Arrhythmic pulsations reverberate through my veins

The rush of blood to the head confounds my brain

My critical thought processes are thrown into disarray

As chaos reigns supreme and the nerves in my vertebrae

 

Fire off signals in haphazard patterns

Incapacitating speech as my vocal chord’s spasm

I attempt to choke back a Tsunami of words

To articulate something witty without appearing absurd

 

Then the electrical currents that cascade down my spine

Flow into my guts which twist and entwine

Uneasily I wait for the queasiness to pass

As a million butterflies take flight en masse

 

I’m fighting for control and attempting to counteract

The tornado tearing through my gastrointestinal tract

Then I’m in the eye of the storm and I have time to reflect

Upon the science of chaos theory and the butterfly effect