Caterpillar
Inaudibly
you crawl about
eating
slowing
seeking
knowing
one day you shall climb on high
transform
gain wings
then shake the sky.
Caterpillar © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
22 words (prompt limit). Smallest Creatures Changing the World prompt challenge - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2775833-22-words-or-less---effort---k.tolnoe-noguest
Poem inspired by the metamorphosis of butterflies and the Butterfly Effect:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/caterpillar-butterfly-metamorphosis-explainer/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect
Submitted: April 3, 2021