In the tropical rainforest,
The rain patters the rich velvet leaves
The humid humming sticks
And a little caterpillar sits
Chewing green between her teeth
and sighs
This caterpillar, she wishes,
To be beautiful like her sisters
But no matter how much she eats
Or tries
She is still a caterpillar
But she continues on eating
Even when the sun has gone
And the starlight freckles her face
'I must go on' she says
So she can weave a cocoon
And shelter herself from the world
Sleep is a gift to the little caterpillar
The cocoon is warm and hers
And as the weeks go by
The crack begin to show
A caterpillar; she will no longer be
As the sun streaks through the branches
The cocoon unfolds revealing her
The Kaleidoscope gathers
Waiting to welcome their friend
Her head pops out and she spreads her creation
Marvelling in her new found bliss
'Look at me!' she cries, 'I am beautiful now!'
But the butterflies just frown, telling her,
'You always were'
And they laugh, and they dance as one
Through the dense treeline they go
Up into the deep blue sky
Goodbye little caterpillar
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the hurricane that is my brain + other poems
PoetryFor some reason I thought it would be a good idea to share my amateur poetry with the Internet. Literally just a rambling of my thoughts and ideas which I make sound more pretentious than I am so I feel more intelligent. I would really appreciate if...
