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Butterfly

Does the butterfly

Remember

Crawling on his

Hundred legs and

Seeing but a single leaf

That he devours

Before he goes

To sleep?

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Does the caterpillar

Know

As he spins the silk

That grabs the leaf

That soon will hold

His world, suspended

That he will emerge

Transformed?

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We crawl until we

Spin

Our dreams of

Lovely wings

And graceful feet,

Emerging from

Our chrysalis

To fly

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Does the butterfly

Remember,

Or does he simply

Sip the nectar

Of a thousand

Different flowers

And soar to

Endless sky?

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©Pamela Stead Jones 2010