Peacocks

Theres a vase of peacock feathers in my room. Just sitting there looking beautiful. But as i thought about it more i realized something. How did they get here? Did they kill those beautiful birds just so their feathers can sit in a vase in some ones room and have some one utter a mere "pretty" in their direction and move on? Do they miss them? Do you think they feel naked? Un-beautiful? I realize that we are selfish people. Taking what does not belong to us and trying to capture the beauty for ourselves. We cage birds, put fish in clausrophobic bowls, pick flowers and then throw them away when they die from lack of water. We take, and steal, we cannot just look and love, we cannot just look and dont touch. Our mothers have told us since the begginning of time. But we forget and ignore the warnings. We feel we are more important. WE feel we need to fufill our needs, we ignore the needs of others. I view my vase of peacock feathers differently now. I took them down to the river and let them float away hopefully to their original owner. And hopefully he'll forgive me for stealing them in the first place.