The Caterpillar's Message

author’s note:

Caterpillars have been around much longer than we have.  No wonder they’re smarter.


THE CATERPILLAR’S MESSAGE

The caterpillar knows
in due time it’ll be a butterfly.

As for myself
I often worry I won’t ever
metamorphize.
Spurred by anxiety
I may then try
to hurry the process

and as a result, stumble
and land hard.

The caterpillar knows:
you must go slow.

Each time I fall
I again recall
its message:
learn to crawl, learn to crawl, learn to crawl.

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