For a butterfly . . .

You may be 

small now

but 

do not fret

You just don't

have 

your wings

yet.

Soon you will,

and soon you'll see

the sky is 

the best place to be. 

I know you're scared

I know you're confused.

Maybe even battered,

broken and bruised.

Your time in the cocoon 

is nearly gone.

The time will come

to move on.

And when it does

do not cry

because change

is an opportunity 

to fly. 

The Butterfly

The wonder of the butterfly

is the conflict you never see. 

They are champions

of the greatest battle

on Earth: shedding the old

to welcome the new.

Many people know

the beauty of 

a butterfly. 

They don't see

the struggle and the pain. 

The process from one thing 

to another. 

From crawling to flying. 

From clinging to falling.

Breaking the walls of a shelter 

made only to be destroyed. 

Earning wings

is a trial of things 

challenging and new.

The celebration of a victor 

who overcame the odds. 

The life of one who flies.