Broken Butterfly

It truly was an ugly butterfly,
She would have in fact called it a common moth,
But it's horrid appearance was not what had demanded her attention,
it was its ability to fly at all that made her look twice.
The pitiful insect was flying despite the fact its wings were deformed and mutilated on one side.
It flew just as graceful as any other butterfly,
and she was certain no other one could fly more beautifully than this one.
She wiped her tears, sucked in a breath of frosty night air, and stood.
Gathering the folds of her dress, she looked back at the butterfly, giving it a grateful smile as she walked back home.
Someday, she too would spread her crippled wings and fly just as graceful as that Broken Butterfly...