Saving Lives by Troydon Wainwright

Saving Lives
By Troydon Wainwright
I enjoy saving lives
Sometimes I remove a caterpillar from the walkway
Or a wall-spider to save it being crushed by someone else
I cannot count how many flies
On a windowpane I’ve guided to the opening
Mostly I do it for my own convenience
To avoid caterpillar guts on the tread of my shoe
Or a spider scurrying over my face at night
Or fly eggs on my food
I am a hero when it suits me
Those I have saved flee from me in terror
Not a word of thanks escapes them
But they will live and they will breed
And generations will go on
Because I was there