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Caterpillar To Butterfly

Down the bottom of the garden, amongst your vegetable patch my entry to this world, from a larvae did I hatch, no bigger than a tip on a match. To start to grow, I need some food, don't think me crude I'm not meanin' to be rude, come on share please you prude. I'm on a hunt for your lettuce leave, should've used a plastic sleeve Radichio's what I thirst and crave, now's a time to be brave had too many a close shave, but I'm not gonna behave I'm a cheeky caterpillar, with a hungry tum, so I need a filler Hey, you're a vegetarian not a killer, or a bloodspiller. My colourings inspire, like words from the bard it can make camouflage so very hard, which means I'm nearly always on guard. If I'm bright and colourful now, wait and see gonna be a big transformation in me (after a few months of grazing, I undergo a process so stunningly amazing) everyone will point and say ain't it pretty I create a wonderful Chrysallis, a beautiful sight is this and I emerge, a real sight to witness! I'm only here for a very short time best be quick to describe me, in glorious rhyme you'll be speechless, with a real dropped jaw my pretty patterns, you won't find any flaw vivid colours swirl, you truly can't ignore the way I flutter and glide, with a cloudlike grace can touch a smile to even the stoniest face. If you want a glimpse of sheer beauty hey my friend, look no further than me I am painted by a brushstroke of Divinity! As my old mate Donovan once said with a grin;) "Caterpillar sheds his skin, to find the butterfly within"!! ©John-Ovan.P.Hull

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 4/18/2012 9:11:00 AM
Nature the magician. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce
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Date: 4/17/2012 10:44:00 PM
John, A wonderful congrats!! :-)~PD
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Date: 4/17/2012 5:46:00 PM
Well deserved win. Congratulations, with amazing rhyme.
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Date: 4/17/2012 3:44:00 PM
It has to get rid of the external and the internal fly..Enjoyed reading this one has good rhythm, rhyme, and flow with great creativity..Congrats on your win..Sara
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Date: 4/17/2012 5:09:00 AM
Congratulations on your super win in Leighann's "Mother Nature" contest John. Love, Carol
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Date: 1/5/2012 1:10:00 PM
If you want a glimpse of sheer beauty hey my friend, look no further than me ...such a marvellous poem Johny...how did i miss this one ? ur a talent...one in a billion !
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