Sky Butterfly: Magic Realism

The Monarch II full shot,
originally uploaded by sonjaartisania.

The butterfly with wings of sky crawled tentatively across the ground. It flickered and almost vanished when it passed in front of trees or mounds of dirt. A quick hop was all that saved it from dying. It tried to flutter its wings, to rise to the sky that it was a piece of, but one of the wings had shattered panes of sky. She was sitting on her back porch shucking corn when she saw the butterfly crawling up along the side of a stalk of corn near the road. For a bit, she wasn't sure she saw anything, because it was hardly there when the breeze blew the corn leaves past its body.


Inspiration: http://www.flickr.com/photos/artisania/3299183772/
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: It's a pretty idea, that the sky is made out of butterflies, but it just doesn't grab me quite enough.