The Butterfly Effect

grants the power
to cause a hurricane
in the Caribbean
to a butterfly stroke
in South Oxford.
 
grants the power
to cause flooding
in India
to a child learning breaststroke
in Kiev*.
 
grants the power
to cause an earthquake
in Mexico
to five yards of crawl
in Pyongyang
 
"It may take a very long time, 
but the connection is real".

*Edit much later (history has taught us): Kyiv