Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Butterflies and Swans

Does the caterpillar understand
  it will become a butterfly so grand
Does the tiny ugly duckling realize
  it will be a gorgeous swan, life-size

Does the blind, featherless baby robin know
  that off into the sky, it will breathtakingly go
They, of course, can't imagine these things ~
  That requires a human mind with wings

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Marikate Kingston January 2, 2022 at 9:56 PM Your poem made me think of stories I read to my kindergarten children years ago, the 1st being Eric Carle's, The Hungry Caterpillar, and a sweet little poem called, 5 Baby Robins In A Sycamore Tree. It brought back nice teaching memories for me.

Darlene De Beaulieu December 5, 2021 at 11:22 AM Hello Gershon, so true Gershon. They do not know how they will turnout. Enjoy your day my friend.

P.S. Awtry December 5, 2021 at 8:59 AM So much hope in this piece! :)

Heidi Sands December 5, 2021 at 8:40 AM Oh, I love this Gershon! A fave for me. Well done :)

Jennifer Proxenos December 5, 2021 at 6:48 AM Hi Gershon, ,Well guess we can't have it all but be satisfied with what we have, do you mean our minds must learn to be faster and have wings, or that a caterpillar, duckling or a baby robin could only imagine what they will become if they had a human mind.......... Hugs, blessings, Jennifer.

Caren Krutsinger December 5, 2021 at 1:47 AM I think he does " Does the caterpillar understand it will become a butterfly so grand" - in an innate, natural way. Nice pen.

L Milton Hankins December 4, 2021 at 9:25 PM True. Then again, a human infant has no idea at that stage what life will hold. I saw a month year old tonight at dinner. I wondered what his life would be like, particularly looking over 80 years of living and what has transpired and developed. Intriguing question, of course.